The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is mandated to manage, protect, and perpetuate Oklahoma’s wildlife. ODWC issues permits to landowners, lessees or their designated agents to ...

Similarities: White-throated and white-crowned sparrows are relatively large sparrows, about 7 inches in length, with brown ...

The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact is an agreement that recognizes the suspension of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses in member states. This means that illegal activities in one state can ...

Black widow spiders are commonly found around homes, garages, barns, and other man-made structures. They build tough, irregularly shaped webs with strands running in many directions. The “messy” ...

Subscriptions: $10 for one year, $18 for two years, and $25 for three years. Go online or in-person at Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters, 1801 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, ...

Farmer-rancher Randy Malson of Roger Mills County was named the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s 2024 Landowner Conservationist of the Year. Cindy and Randy Malson accept the Oklahoma ...

The purpose of this Subchapter is to establish guidelines for the permitting and certification of Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators (NWCO), and the procedures to be used by the NWCOs in controlling ...

Dripping Springs Lake is a fishing only lake (no water sports allowed) operated by the City of Okmulgee. Dripping Springs contains one boat ramp, one boat dock and one fishing dock. Dripping Springs ...

The trapping season for passage peregrine falcons is September 20 through October 20. The Oklahoma allocation for peregrine falcon take is 5 for 2023. The season will be open until 5 peregrines have ...

The Arcadia Conservation Education Area is a unique management area for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. With a focus on education, and providing outdoor educational opportunities for ...

"The fur trappers of the Old West were fearless, daring men. They knew the West when it was a wilderness... they explored (it) until it held no secrets from them." Those words, written by author A.M.