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Oregon Conservation Strategy

A blueprint for conservation of Oregon's native fish and wildlife and their habitats, the Strategy provides information on at-risk species and habitats, identifies key issues affecting them and recommends actions.

• Cover, Table of Contents and Foreword
• A Strategy for Action
  • Oregon's Unique Natural Heritage
  • Pulling Together to Make a Difference: A Collaborative Approach to Conservation
  • Statewide Conservation Issues
  • A Summary of Strategy Habitats and Species
  • An Ecoregional Approach to Conservation
  • A Place for People and Wildlife: Conservation in Urban Areas Summary
  • Where to Start?
  • How to Get the Job Done: Conservation Tools
  • Monitoring for Success: Recommendations
  • Conservation Strategy Implementation and Review
  • Conclusions: Looking to the Future
• Stepping Down from Statewide to Local Issues

  • Statewide Perspectives and Approaches

  • Six Key Conservation Issues that Affect Species and Habitats Statewide

    • Global Climate Change  

  • A Place for People and Wildlife

  • How to Get the Job Done: Voluntary Conservation Tools

  • Engaging Oregonians in Conservation

  • Monitoring for Success

  • Current Ongoing Efforts to Monitor Species and Habitats in Oregon

• Ecoregions

  • Introduction and Overview

  • Blue Mountains

  • Coast Range

  • Columbia Plateau

  • East Cascades

  • Klamath Mountains

  • Northern Basin and Range

  • West Cascades

  • Willamette Valley

  • Nearshore Marine Ecoregion

  • Connected by Water: the Columbia River 

• Habitats

  • Introduction and Overview

  • Aspen woodlands

  • Coastal dunes

  • Estuaries

  • Freshwater aquatic habitats

  • Grasslands

  • Late successional conifer forests

  • Oak woodlands

  • Ponderosa pine woodlands

  • Riparian habitats

  • Sagebrush steppe and shrublands

  • Wetlands

  • Habitat Data Gaps

  • Specialized and Local Habitats

• Species

  • Introduction and Overview

  • Conservation Summaries for Strategy Species

  • Species Data Gaps: Research and Monitoring Needs

  • Animal Concentrations

  • Naturally Occurring Fish and Wildlife Diseases

• Appendices: Supporting Information

• Nearshore Strategy
• Conservation Opportunity Area Explorer (interactive)