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Clackanomah Oak Habitat: Phase 2 Expansion

Counties: Clackamas, Multnomah

Primary Resource Concern Addressed: 

  • Degraded plant condition - Plant structure and composition
  • Terrestrial habitat - Terrestrial habitat for wildlife and invertebrates 

Project Description
The goal of this Conservation Implementation Strategy is to restore and enhance oak habitat on privately owned properties in targeted areas where oak is currently and was historically prominent in Clackamas and Multnomah counties.

Conservation Practices Offered

  • Brush Management (314) 
  • Herbaceous Weed Treatment (315) 
  • Conservation Cover (327) 
  • Cover Crop (340) 
  • Fence (382) 
  • Woody Residue Treatment (384) 
  • Wildlife Habitat Planting (420) 
  • Hedgerow Planting (422) 
  • Mulching (484) 
  • Tree/Shrub Site Preparation (490) 
  • Livestock Pipeline (516) 
  • Prescribed Grazing (528) 
  • Tree/Shrub Establishment (612) 
  • Watering Facility (614) 
  • Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities (643) 
  • Structures for Wildlife (649) 
  • Forest Stand Improvement (666)

Project Partners

  • Clackamas SWCD
  • West Multnomah SWCD
  • Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
  • Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)
  • Watershed Councils (Molalla, Pudding, Greater Oregon City, Johnson Creek, North Clackamas, Oswego Lake, Tryon Creek, Tualatin River, Scappoose Bay)
  • NRCS Oregon
  • Private landowners

Application Questions
NRCS uses prioritization questions to evaluate applications for this initiative. See the list of workload prioritization questions on the Oregon EQIP page. Ranking questions below will also apply.

Ranking Questions

  1. Are there known federal or state listed species associated with prairie or oak habitat present in the project site or on an adjacent property?
  2. Does the planning unit have regenerating or mature Oaks that will be released from competing species?
  3. Is the project site intersecting an Oak Habitat Connectivity Core polygon, as identified in the 2021 Spatial Prioritization of Oak Conservation Mapping Effort, or intersecting an ODFW Conservation Opportunity Area (COA)?
  4. Is the project adjacent to an existing oak habitat or prairie restoration project and/or will the project area remain in wildlife habitat due to an existing easement or other habitat management program?