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Tips for Sharing the Hunting Heritage with Kids
Conservation is funded by sportsmen when they buy hunting and fishing licenses and pay federal excise taxes on sporting goods, so an important part of ensuring a future for conservation includes ensuring a future for sportsmen. Share your heritage!
Hunting and Fishing Boost Oklahoma's Economy
Southwick Associates (SA) ran an economic impact analysis on data collected as part of the National Survey of Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife Watching. An economic impact analysis looks at how certain activities influence the economy of a specific location. For this analysis, SA looked at how hunting, fishing and target shooting impact different pieces of the economy in Oklahoma.
The Youth Annual Super Hunting License
A new hunting license is simplifying access to the sport for youth in Oklahoma, making it easier and more affordable for parents to get (and keep) their kids involved in hunting while cashing in on more valuable family time outdoors.
Wild Double Take: Bumble and Carpenter Bees
Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike bees: bumble and carpenter bees.
Catch, Clean & Cook Bass
Tips on how to catch eater-sized largemouth bass, how to clean them and how to cook them.
Textbook Upland Prairie Habitat for Deer, Quail and More
Upland prairie habitat is something land managers and biologists speak about quite a bit because of the importance of these habitats for wildlife. Upland prairies should contain a good mix of native grasses and flowering plants along with native shrubs and legumes.
Celebrate #MothWeek by Sharing Your Sightings
Help shed light on Oklahoma's moth community by sharing your sightings this #MothWeek.
“Will You Walk into My Parlour?”
For some people, spiders have an "uncanny ick" about them. We share tips from spider enthusiasts for living – or at least existing – with eight-legged visitors to our homes and spaces.
How to Know if Your Pasture or Range is Overgrazed
A key point to understanding overgrazing is that it’s not a problem of overstocking – a function of number of head per acre – but a function of time. When a plant is not given adequate time between grazing events to rest and regrow, overgrazing can occur. Overstocking can lead to overutilization of forage, leading to overgrazing.
Wild Double Take: Alligator Snapping and Common Snapping Turtles
Tips for identifying two Oklahoma look-alike turtles, the alligator snapping and common snapping turtles.