Scoggins Valley-Mount Richmond – Oregon Conservation Strategy

Fender's Blue Butterfly on lupine in the Mount Richmond conservation easement. — Fender's Blue Butterfly on lupine in the Mount Richmond conservation easement. Photo Credit: Amie Loop-Frison, Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District

Area is located in the foothills of the Coast Range Mountains and includes the Upper Tualatin-Scoggins Watershed, portions of the North Yamhill River and headwater tributaries, Mount Richmond, and the Oak Ridge / Moore’s Valley area.

COA ID: 063

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Potential Partners

Institute for Applied Ecology
Oregon Department of Forestry
Oregon Small Woodlands Association
OSU North Willamette Research and Extension Center
The Trust for Public Land - Oregon
Tualatin River Watershed Council
Tualatin Riverkeepers
Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - PNW Region
Washington County
Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District
Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program

Special Features

General

550-acre Mount Richmond tract managed for sustainable forestry products and natural resources values.
Mount Richmond Conservation Easement - Turner Creek (284-acres)
Private Conservation Easement - Moore's Valley (170 acres)
Several populations of Fender's blue butterfly and Kincaid's lupine known to occur.
Several private properties area enrolled in USFWS conservation programs (Safe Harbor Agreements and/or Partners for Fish and Wildlife (Moore's Valley - 32 acres, Oak Ridge - 134 acres, Oak Ridge - 9 acres))

Protected Areas

Henry Hagg Reservoir
Scoggins Valley Park/Henry Hagg Lake

Ecoregions

Coast Range Ecoregion

Coast Range

Oregon’s Coast Range, known for its dramatic scenery, is extremely diverse, with habitats ranging from open sandy dunes to lush forests and from tidepools to headwater streams. It follows the coastline and extends east through coastal forest to the border of the Willamette Valley and Klamath Mountains ecoregions

Finley Muddy Creek Area

Willamette Valley

The Willamette Valley ecoregion is bounded on the west by the Coast Range and on the east by the Cascade Range. This long mostly level alluvial plain has some scattered areas of low basalt, and contrasts with productive farmland and large urban areas. It has the fastest-growing human population in the state resulting in challenges due to land-use changes.

Strategy Habitats

Grassland Strategy Habitat

Grasslands

Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.

Example of Oak Woodlands, which is a Strategy Habitat within the Oregon Conservation Strategy

Oak Woodlands

Oak woodlands are characterized by an open canopy dominated by Oregon white oak.

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.

Ducks on a wetland in Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Oregon

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

Acorn Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)

Melanerpes formicivorus

California Myotis on tree

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis californicus

Chipping Sparrow (Observed)

Spizella passerina

Clouded Salamander

Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Columbia Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Rhyacotriton kezeri

Common Nighthawk (Observed)

Chordeiles minor

Fender’s Blue Butterfly (Observed)

Icaricia icarioides fenderi

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis thysanodes

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasiurus cinereus

Kincaid’s Lupine (Observed)

Lupinus oreganus

Nelson’s Checkermallow (Observed)

Sidalcea nelsoniana

Northern Red-legged Frog (Observed)

Rana aurora

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)

Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)

Contopus cooperi

Oregon Vesper Sparrow

Oregon Vesper Sparrow (Modeled Habitat)

Pooecetes gramineus affinis

Purple Martin (Observed)

Progne subis arboricola

Short-eared Owl (Modeled Habitat)

Asio flammeus flammeus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Bluebird (Observed)

Sialia mexicana

Western Gray Squirrel (Modeled Habitat)

Sciurus griseus

Western Meadowlark (Observed)

Sturnella neglecta

Western Painted Turtle on a log

Western Painted Turtle (Observed)

Chrysemys picta bellii

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Observed)

Actinemys marmorata

White-breasted Nuthatch (Documented)

Sitta carolinensis aculeata

Willow Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)

Empidonax traillii

Yellow-breasted Chat (Observed)

Icteria virens auricollis

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