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Outdoor Oklahoma Journal

This is the Outdoor Oklahoma Journal, where we're all about helping you pursue and engage in Oklahoma's vibrant outdoor lifestyle. Follow us for great hunting and fishing stories, wildlife features, insider information about unique opportunities, and tangible details on how to go out and be a hunter, angler, and conservationist. The outdoors are always open, so don't miss out!

Ord's Kangaroo Rat, photo by Andy Teucher/Flickr
Bounding After Texas Kangaroo Rats

Researchers with the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History searched for Texas kangaroo rats at nearly 200 sites to no avail.

Cookson WMA, photo by Jena Donnell
Underground Conservation Areas Identified for Ozark Wildlife

Priority conservation areas were identified for 28 species, many of which are known from only a handful of locations in Oklahoma.

A large raptor with dark wings and a white head and tail stretches its talons as it lands on a branch.
Tips for Making Your Winter Eagle Watching Trips Successful

Oklahoma's bald eagle numbers peak between November and February, making winter the prime season for eagle watching.

Striped Shiner, photo by Brandon Brown
Conserving Oklahoma's Natural Heritage

The Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, a branch of the Oklahoma Biological Survey, collects information about our plants and animals.

Feeder in seeds.
Wildlife Watching Can Start with a Bird Feeder

Spending more time in nature doesn't necessarily mean a road trip to a national park or a long hike in the mountains. You can invite nature into your neighborhood with a simple bird feeder.

Ozark big-eared bat, photo by Jena Donnell/ODWC
Ozark Refuge an Oasis for Bats

Biologists meet at a bat hotspot to monitor the numbers and species of bats using the Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge

Gulf Fritillary, photo by USDA
Falling for Butterflies

Despite the waning activity of butterflies during cooler seasons, plenty of these pollinators are still on the wing.

Red-tailed Hawk, photo by Bill Horn
Winter Hawks of Oklahoma

Four species of hawks regularly join Oklahoma's three year-round residents by mid-fall to make the most of our state's mild winters.

Button Blazing Star flower.
Five Fall Wildflowers for Bees and Butterflies

We share five fall wildflowers that are great for pollinators like bees and butterflies.

Alligator snapping turtle one-year old.
Dinosaur-looking Snapping Turtles Emerge from Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery

A restocking program benefits alligator snapping turtles.