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Take Your Backyard to the Next Pollinator Level with Host Plants
Adding colorful backyard flowering plants, especially host plants, has been a popular way for Oklahomans to help our state’s butterfly community.
Fishing Out the Flies...Mayflies & Caddisflies
Team effort studies sensitive aquatic mayflies and caddisflies.
The Lost Cricket Project
A new Oklahoma citizen science program has launched, with the aim of finding new populations of the rare prairie mole cricket.
Oklahoma Lakes Surveyed for Invasive Plants
Priscilla Crawford, conservation biologist for the Oklahoma Biological Survey, has visited more than 100 lakes in her hunt for invasive plants.
2018-2019 Big Game Report
Hunters in Oklahoma are continuing to enjoy some of the most diverse deer hunting opportunities that the country has to offer. Harvest increased slightly from 2017- 18, with a total of 109,260 deer taken in 2018-19.
Managing the Unwanted Musk Thistle
We share control options for the noxious musk thistle.
Wightmans Named Landowner of the Year
Osage County family honored by the Wildlife Department as Landowner of the Year.
Act Now to Prevent Summer Farm Pond Fish Kills
Fish kills are often assoicated with raising water temperatures, but landowners can take steps to avoid die offs throughout the year.
Welcome Bats to Your Property
With the "free pest control" bats offer in mind, many landowners install bat boxes to welcome bats to their properties.
Tackling Oklahoma's Freezing Temperatures
Explanations of wildlife surviving winter's freezing temperatures often feature birds flying south and bears retreating to their hibernation den. But how do our amphibians and reptiles survive?