The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

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 ...

Glades are small openings in forests where soils are shallow and the underlying bedrock is often exposed. The lack of canopy cover, shallow soil, and large rocks make glades a much harsher environment ...

The trapping season for passage peregrine falcons is September 20 through October 20. The Oklahoma allocation for peregrine falcon take is 5 for 2023. The season will be open until 5 peregrines have ...

Watchable Wildlife The Gray Fox by Justin Veach, Education Intern O K L A H O M A’ S Watchable Wildlife the Gr ay fox by j usti N v eaCh, eduCatioN i N terN Three species of foxes can be found in ...

Students ages 11-17 currently enrolled in any Oklahoma School and home school students are eligible for participation. Winners of the 2023 contest are not eligible. Applicants must have successfully ...

SHERMAN L. BARR/READERS' PHOTO SHOWCASE 2017 American kestrel (Falco sparverius) ...

At least eight species of burying beetle are thought to occur in Oklahoma, each with black and reddish orange markings and a ...

Black widows are considered web-building spiders while brown recluses are in the ambush hunter guild. Both species prefer ...

I was 19 in 1988 when I got my first deer. I was with Dr. Taggart had his own family, and even had grand- a buddy from high school, and we had no clue how to sons my same age that I went to school ...

Operated by U.S. Corps of Engineers. Great Salt Plains State Park manages five camping areas, which include six different cabins. There is also a community center building with kitchen facilities ...

Are tilapia a good food source for largemouth bass in private ponds? This is a question that many landowners have about growing big and healthy populations of largemouth bass in their ponds. Other ...