Similarities: White-throated and white-crowned sparrows are relatively large sparrows, about 7 inches in length, with brown ...

Cameron Gammill has only been stationed at the 9,512-acre Lexington Wildlife Management Area since the spring of 2023, but the days have already become a blur. Between busy burning, planting, and ...

The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is an agreement that recognizes the suspension of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses in member states. This means that illegal activities in one state can ...

Black widow spiders are commonly found around homes, garages, barns, and other man-made structures. They build tough, irregularly shaped webs with strands running in many directions. The “messy” ...

Farmer-rancher Randy Malson of Roger Mills County was named the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s 2024 Landowner Conservationist of the Year. Cindy and Randy Malson accept the Oklahoma ...

Dripping Springs Lake is a fishing only lake (no water sports allowed) operated by the City of Okmulgee. Dripping Springs contains one boat ramp, one boat dock and one fishing dock. Dripping Springs ...

Subscriptions: $10 for one year, $18 for two years, and $25 for three years. Go online or in-person at Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters, 1801 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, ...

Blackland: Pasture/Prairie Area: 8,131 acres (3,291 ha) Description of Mapped Type: In the modern landscape this type is most often represented by heavily grazed pasture dominated by non-native and ...

West Gulf Coastal Plain: Small Stream Seasonally Flooded Hardwood Woodland Area: 5,663 acres (2,292 ha) Description of Mapped Type: This type includes areas that are seasonally or temporarily flooded ...

The holiday antlerless deer gun season is Dec. 18-31. Hunters can harvest up to two antlerless deer, which don't count toward ...

"The fur trappers of the Old West were fearless, daring men. They knew the West when it was a wilderness... they explored (it) until it held no secrets from them." Those words, written by author A.M.