Field Trips to Hackberry Flat!

Educators, bring your students to explore Hackberry Flat’s Outdoor Classrooms!

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Outdoor Journal

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Efforts Continue to Monitor, Help Prairie-Chicken Numbers

Prairie-chicken numbers in Oklahoma have fallen over the last 30 years, but landowners and agencies are teaming up to restore grasslands and bring these iconic birds back.

Aug 15, 2025

A dead tree hangs off the branch of a living tree, making this tree deadly and known as a widowmaker.

Widowmakers: Hazardous Habitat

Oklahoma’s forests are full of hidden hazards after severe weather. Learn what “widowmakers” are, why they matter, and how spotting and safely removing them can keep you — and your property — out of harm’s way.

Aug 1, 2025

Two women stand in an open forest while monitoring red-cockaded woodepeckers

Habitat Work Helps Threatened Red-cockaded Woodpecker Expand OK Range

A distinctive squeak in the tree canopy has led one U.S. Forest Service biologist on a journey of discovery and marked the return of the federally threatened red-cockaded woodpecker to Oklahoma’s Le Flore County.

Jul 24, 2025

(08/11 ) Wildlife Commission Changes Check-In Requirements, Spotlights Award Winners

(07/31 ) Calling All Artists: Register Now for State Duck Stamp Art Contest

(07/28 ) Catch Black Carp in Oklahoma, Collect $100 Bounty

(06/23 ) Selected Photographers' Stunning Work to Appear in Outdoor Oklahoma

(06/13 ) Wildlife Commission Passes Rules for Nonresident Hunters, Public Hunting Lands

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Caley Smith with their Oklahoma Deer

Caley Smith

Harvested in: Creek County

Clay Benton with his harvested Oklahoma Turkey

Clay Benton

Harvested in: Jackson County

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Patricia F

Caught 06/18/2025 in: Garvin County

Terry Taylor

Caught 07/24/2025 at: Kid's Lake

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Watch 4951 Outdoor Oklahoma (Bass Fishing Hefner, DIY Soft bait plastics) on YouTube.

4951 Outdoor Oklahoma (Bass Fishing Hefner, DIY Soft bait plastics)

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Striped skunk. Photo by Kelly Adams.

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