
Area is located west of McMinnville in the foothills of the Coast Range Mountains and within the South Yamhill River Watershed.
COA ID: 067
Recommended Conservation Actions
- Yamhill SWCD Strategic Plan 2007-2012
Local Conservation Actions and Plans
- Draft Environmental Assessment for Incidental Take of Fender's Blue Butterfly in Yamhill County (2014)
- Greater Yamhill Watershed Council Watershed Restoration Action Plan (2013)
- Lower South Yamhill-Deer Creek Watershed Assessment (2000)
- South Yamhill Floodplain Conservation Easement (2013)
- The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Wildlife Management Plan (2014)
- TNC Willamette Valley Synthesis Conservation Opportunity Areas
- Upper South Yamhill River Watershed Assessment (2002)
- Upper Willamette River Conservation and Recovery Plan (2010)
- Willamina Watershed Assessment (1999)
- Yamhill Basin Action Plan (2005)
- Yamhill Habitat Conservation Plan for Fender's Blue Butterfly on Private Lands (2014)
- Yamhill Oaks Acquisition (2010)
- Yamhill Oaks Conservation Easement (2008)
- Yamhill Watershed Culvert Prioritization and Action Plan for Fish Passage (2012)
Potential Partners
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
- Ducks Unlimited
- Greater Yamhill Watershed Council
- Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Xerces Society
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Oregon
- Yamhill County
- Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District
- Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program
Special Features
General
- 630-acre Yamhill Oaks Preserve
- Deer Creek Nature Park (29-acres)
- ESA-listed Fender's blue butterfly and Kinkaid's lupine present.
Previously Associated With
- 2006 COA ID WV-08 (Yamhill Oaks)
Protected Areas
- Erratic Rock State Natural Site
- The Butte
- Wetlands Reserve Program
- Yamhill Oaks
Ecoregions

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

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

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

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.

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 (Observed)
Melanerpes formicivorus

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Chipping Sparrow (Observed)
Spizella passerina

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

Grasshopper Sparrow (Modeled Habitat)
Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus

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 (Modeled Habitat)
Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi

Oregon Vesper Sparrow (Observed)
Pooecetes gramineus affinis

Purple Martin (Observed)
Progne subis arboricola

Short-eared Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Asio flammeus flammeus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton variegatus

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 (Modeled Habitat)
Chrysemys picta bellii

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Observed)
Actinemys marmorata

White-breasted Nuthatch (Observed)
Sitta carolinensis aculeata

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)
Empidonax traillii

Yellow-breasted Chat (Observed)
Icteria virens auricollis