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A blue and white bird perches in a birdbath.
Birdbath Tips

Water is an important part of any wildscaping plan.

Brian Price with his first deer.
Partnerships Help Build Habitat in Southeastern Oklahoma

Brian Price and Mark Jenison are relatively new Oklahoma landowners who have banded together to build habitat and make an impact on wildlife beyond their fence lines.

David Berman and Emily Geest stretch a measuring tape to gauge the density of milkweeds and other blooming plants in their study area.
Building Monarch Habitat Takes a Village

Landowners, conservation agencies, and researchers partner to monitor monarch habitat conservation outcomes.

Kudzu, which can be misidentified as poison ivy, has brown, hairy stems and leaflets that are hand-sized or larger. (Kyle Johnson/ODWC)
Keeping up with Kudzu

Tip for Managing the “Foot-a-Night” Vine

Annual ragweed. (Photo by Kyle Johnson/ODWC)
Wildlife Food for Thought: Ragweed

Some ragweed species are highly important and prized wildlife foods that deserve a second thought before any mowing or spraying regimen is employed for their control.

Small cedar being cut.
Lopping Redcedars for Wildlife Habitat

Lopping young redcedars below the lowest growing branch is one way to rid your wildscape of a native but encroaching tree.

A landscape image in a sand sagebrush habitat with a measuring tape stretched in the middle of the image.
The Value of a Photographs

Tips for establishing photo points to monitor changes in habitat.

A small brown bat with its wings extended.
Oklahoma Bats

Whether flying low over the ground with gracefully slow and deliberate wing strokes or erratically high above a stream, bats are fascinating to watch.

A close up of a hatchet making a cut in a small tree with a spray bottle in the background
Hack and Squirt

Hack and squirt is one timber management method that can improve forestland quality.

A brown bird with a dark collar and spots on its breast perches on a limb.
Holes for Homes: Cavity Nesting Birds

Dozens of Oklahoma bird species are considered "cavity nesting birds" and build their nests in a cavity of a hollowed out tree or in man-made nest boxes.