Status Summary of Wetland Development Units as of 
As of December 3, 2007

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
Flooded

Units Naturally
Flooded
Status of 
Flooding
Forage Condition and Related Comments

(Acres)
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

 
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

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