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Waterfowl hunters should see good action at these and other areas. Forage and habitat conditions are subject to constant change depending on weather conditions. It is recommended that hunters scout these areas immediately prior to hunting.
| Project Site | Size |
Units Artificially |
Units
Naturally Flooded |
Status of Flooding |
Forage Condition and Related Comments |
(Acres) |
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| Billy Creek (Wagoner Co.) |
100 | Main Unit | 100% | Good - smartweed, barnyardgrass | |
| Chouteau (Wagoner Co.) |
40 | North | 100% | Open water - in mgmt rotation w/discing implemented to benefit future habitat conditions | |
| 90 | Center | 100% | Good - smartweed | ||
| 60 | East | 100% | Good - bidens, barnyardgrass | ||
| 70 | South | 100% | Good - bidens, barnyardgrass | ||
| 100 | West | 100% | Good - acorns, smartweed. | ||
| Copan (Washington Co.) |
91 | Chickasaw | 95% | Fair -sedges, smartweed | |
| 94 | Choctaw | 95% | Good - smartweed, barnyardgrass, toothcup | ||
| 47 | Seminole | 90% | Good - smartweed, barnyardgrass, toothcup | ||
| 54 | Creek | 10% | Fair - smartweed, barnyard grass; run off needed, | ||
| 151 | Cherokee | 100% | Poor - high lake levels throughout growing season. | ||
| * Pumping to resume when pump repairs are completed. | |||||
| Deep Fork/Harold Stuart Refuge | 60 | Main | 60% | Poor - repeated flooding during growing season. | |
| Eufaula/Deep Fork (Okmulgee/McIntosh) |
160 | North | 100% | Fair to poor - limited acorns and moist soil vegetation. | |
| 330 | Central | 100% | Fair to poor - acorns; limited moist soil vegetation in openings. | ||
| 160 | East | 0% | Fair to poor - acorns; scheduled to be in dry rotation this season | ||
| 150 | South | 0% | Fair to poor - acorns. | ||
| Eufaula/Mill Creek (McIntosh Co.) |
80 | Main Unit | 20% | Very poor - high lake levels during growing season; pumping suspended due to lack of food resources with additional flooding dependent upon rainfall; scheduled for future renovation. | |
| Grassy Slough (McCurtain Co.) |
160 | all units | - | No Report | |
| Hackberry Flat (Tillman Co.) |
130 | Millet Unit | 100% | Fair - Barnyardgrass, sprangletop, sedges | |
| 130 | Mallard Unit | 60% | Fair - Barnyardgrass, sprangletop | ||
| 715 | Big Unit | 10% | Fair - sago pondweed, invertebrates | ||
| 130 | Pintail Unit | 30% | Poor- some barnyard grass, sedges | ||
| Hugo/Kiamichi River (Choctaw Co.) |
90 | Main unit | - | No Report | |
| Hugo/Sawyer (Choctaw) |
50 | All units | - | No Report | |
| Hulah (Osage Co.) |
80 | Whipperwill Unit | 95% | Fair - smartweed and sedges | |
| Keystone/Cottonwood
Creek (Creek Co) |
45 | Upper Units | *75% | Very Poor | |
| Middle Unit | *40% | Very Poor | |||
| 165 | Lower Units | *75% | Very Poor | ||
| *Due to extremely dry conditions on Cottonwood Creek, additional effort is being required to flood units; pumping operations to continue until all units are full. | |||||
| Keystone/Boston Pool (Osage Co) |
30 | Lower & middle | 90% | *Very Poor | |
| 25 | Upper | 20% | *Very Poor | ||
| Keystone/Buckeye Creek (Creek Co) | 10 | Main unit | 0% | *Very Poor | |
| *High lake levels throughout the entire growing season prohibited vegetative growth. Additional flooding in all units to be dependent upon rainfall. | |||||
| Mountain Park (Kiowa Co) |
200 | Designated unit | 80% | Fair to good - milo, smartweed, barnyardgrass. Nine of eleven units fully flooded. | |
| Okmulgee/East (Okmulgee Co) |
200 | All Units | 30% | Fair - acorns/invertebrates; main access road washed out, access from Horses Head. | |
| Okmulgee/West (Okmulgee Co) |
300 | All Units | 30% | Poor - acorns, smartweed, bidens; area repeatedly flooded during growing season. | |
| Overcup Bottoms (Nowata Co) |
170 | Designated Units | - |
Fair to poor - sunflowers, giant ragweed, johnsongrass; approx. six of seven units flooded from 65-90 percent capacity |
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| Red Slough (McCurtain Co) |
2,570 | All Units |
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| Stevens Spring (Love Co) |
15 | Hogshooter | *0% | Good - sunflowers, smartweed | |
| 15 | Teal Hole | 50% | Good - barnyard grass, smartweed, pig weed | ||
| 15 | Beaver Dam | 0% | Good - barnyardgrass, pigweed; | ||
| 40 | Deadwood | 100% |
Poor - high water during growing season |
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| 25 | Cutgrass | 100% | Good - barnyardgrass, smartweed, pigweed. | ||
| 10 | Prairie | 100% | Good - barnyardgrass, pigweed | ||
| 10 | Quaker | 0% | Good - johnsongrass, pigweed | ||
| *This unit has been disced and will likely remain dry this winter to encourage better annual seed production next year. | |||||
| Waurika/Walker Creek (Stephens Co) |
20 | All units | 0% | Fair to good - moist soil vegetation; two of three units expected to be pumped week of Dec. 3-7. | |
| Waurika/Beaver Creek |
200 | North units | 100% | Fair - johnson grass, smartweed; | |
| 200 | South units | 0% | Due to lake flooding during the growing season, no plantings took place; units to remain dry this winter. | ||
| Whitegrass Flats (Choctaw Co) |
All units | - | No report. | ||
| Walnut Creek (Caddo) |
32 | Main Unit | 90% | Fair - smatweed, barnyardgrass | |
| Wister/Joe Johnson (LeFlore CO.) |
120 | All units | - | Good - acorns; due to wet summer, pumping delayed until 11/15 | |
| Wister/Fouch Maline (LeFlore Co) |
120 | All Units | 100% | Good - smartweed. barnyardgrass. | |
| 270 | All Units | - | Good - acorns; due to wet summer, pumping delayed until Nov. 26th | ||