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MAY/JUNE • VOLUME 74 • NUMBER 3

Contents

Off the Beaten Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Digging Up Some Data on Shovelnose Sturgeon . . . . .12
Four-Year Study Conducted in View of Tulsa Skyline .
By Jena Donnell, Wildlife Diversity Information Specialist
A Short Guide for Better Outdoor Photos . . . . . . . . . 20
By Kelly Adams, Information and Education Specialist
For the Health of the Herd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Annual Studies Keep Tabs on State’s Deer Population
By Don P . Brown, Information and Education Specialist

Managing Pond Fisheries in Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Focus on Hunter Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Watchable Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Eastern Collared Lizard
By Laura Eckart, Information and Education Intern

THIS PAGE: A great egret assumes a regal perch, watching intently for a
chance at another meal near a waterway at the Sequoyah National Wildlife
Refuge near Vian.

COVER PHOTO: With Tulsa’s downtown skyline easily visible behind him, biologist
Josh Johnston, the Northeast Region fisheries supervisor for the Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation, holds a shovelnose sturgeon while
standing in the Arkansas River. Learn more on Page 12.
(CREDIT: JASON SCHOOLEY/ODWC)

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