The area is a late successional mixed conifer forest with flowing water and riparian habitats in the Nestucca watershed. It is conterminal with Tillamook Bay and Tributaries COA. The area includes much of the watershed of the North Fork Nehalem River.
COA ID: 012
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats
Grasslands
Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.
Late Successional Mixed Conifer Forests
Late successional mixed conifer forests provide a multi-layered tree canopy, including large-diameter trees, shade-tolerant tree species in the understory, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs.
Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats
Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.
Wetlands
Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.
Strategy Species
California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus
Chinook Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Aneides ferreus
Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
Coastal Tailed Frog (Observed)
Ascaphus truei
Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Columbia Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton kezeri
Cope’s Giant Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Dicamptodon copei
Fisher (Modeled Habitat)
Pekania pennanti
Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes
Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus
Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans
Marbled Murrelet (Modeled Habitat)
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)
Strix occidentalis caurina
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi
Purple Martin (Observed)
Progne subis arboricola
Red Tree Vole (Modeled Habitat)
Arborimus longicaudus
Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii
Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Actinemys marmorata
Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas
Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp