Background. The La Grande Field Office was opened in 2002 to bring Fish and Wildlife Service resources closer to the community and to facilitate collaboration with local partners and stakeholders in addressing natural resource issues in northeastern Oregon.  The officie is housed in the same building as the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest’s La Grande Ranger District in La Grande, Oregon.

Jurisdiction. The La Grande Field Office's area of responsibility extends to seven counties in northeastern Oregon: Malheur, Baker, Grant, Union, Wallowa, Umatilla, and Morrow.

What We Do.

• Technical Assistance. We assist federal, state, and local agencies, as well as private entities by providing Endangered Species Act consultations, watershed assessment reviews, restoration activities, and technical support for ecosystem management.
• Partnerships. We work in partnership with local federal, state, tribal, county and private entities to recover listed species and their habitats, to ensure viability of species and to minimize or avoid the need for future listings.
• Private Landowners. With the support of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, we seek opportunities to develop partnerships with local private landowners.Technical and financial assistance is available for conservation projects.
• Planning Assistance. We implement several habitat conservation programs and provide long range planning advice to county and municipal governments.

Current Activities.

• Species Recovery. We are working to recover and conserve listed and sensitive species, including bull trout, Spalding's Catchfly, MacFarlane's Four O'clock, Howell's Spectacular Thelypody, Columbia spotted frog, and Washington ground squirrel.
  
• ESA Consultations. We conduct ESA (Endangered Specie Act) consultations for projects that may affect listed species.
  
• Partners Program. Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program we work to restore fish and wildlife habitat on private lands.  (To learn more, please see Partners’ Successes in Eastern Oregon)
  
• Bull Trout. We are coordinating the monitoring of bull trout populations in Wallowa County. (Wallowa County monitoring effort)
  
• Columbia Spotted Frog. We are monitoring Columbia spotted frog populations in Malheur County. (Malheur County monitoring effort)
  
• Gray Wolf. We are working with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to respond to gray wolf issues in Oregon.
  
• Outreach and Education. We collaborate with other partners to conduct outreach and education programs and make them available to the local community.

Species of Interest in Northeastern Oregon

Items of Note