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 ...

All artists are invited to enter their artwork in the 44th annual Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest, but the clock is ticking.

The invasive black carp is spreading throughout the Mississippi River Basin and its tributaries, and any angler who catches one in Oklahoma and adheres to requirements is eligible for a $100 bounty.

Jocelyn Howell has spent her USDA Forest Service career managing habitat to benefit the red-cockaded woodpecker and monitoring the bird’s populations across multiple states and administrative ...

The ODWC is currently working to gather more detailed information about how the public uses WMAs. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks. Copyright ©2025 Oklahoma Department of Wildlife ...

The Wildlife Department never misses a chance to celebrate a season opener like this summer’s start of the Streams Program’s community sampling efforts. But this year's surveys are especially exciting ...

The first Oklahoma stocking of striped bass hybrids was in Sooner Lake in 1977. Subsequent stockings have been made in lakes statewide including Konawa, Optima, Ft. Supply, Tom Steed, Altus-Lugert, ...

Oklahoma is often thought of as an ecological melting pot, where forests, prairies, and wetlands meet to provide habitat for a truly impressive list of animals. That blend of eastern and western ...

Explore Your Future In Wildlife Management Are you interested in a career as a game warden or a fisheries or wildlife biologist? The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's annual Wildlife ...

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR PREFERENCE POINTS Controlled hunts applicants have two ways to protect their valuable preference points so they continue to count for them in future years. The PointGuard and ...