Conservation News

Conservation Success Stories "In The News"

	Double Creek Celebration featured on Oklahoma Horizon Silent Sentinels Protecting Oklahomans video
	$16Million in Stimulus Funds for Oklahoma Dams KWTV Channel 9 video
	OETA-TV News Report on the Locally Led Cost Share Program You can view the clip by going to  http://news.oeta.tv and clicking on the "Archives" tab. In the "Oklahoma News Report Video" index window, scroll down to the 10.12.09 ONR report. The Cost-Share feature is at the 4:45 minute mark of the newscast.
	Control of Eastern red cedar in Oklahoma urged Associated Press story in the Tulsa World Oklahoma lawmakers eye threat from cedars Story in the Daily Oklahoman

Working With Farmers to Install Best Management Practices is Improving Water Quality in Green Country Water Quality Success Story on Ron Hays' Oklahoma Farm Report

OCC Cosponsors Advanced Watershed O&M Workshop National Watershed Coalition O&M Video News Release Scroll down list and select "USDA Helps Maintain Watershed Dam Safety."

Wildlife Expo 2009

The Rogers County Conservation District and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission’s Conservation Education Program hosted the Wildlife Beneath Your Feet exhibit area at the Expo. (More)

The Best Hard Times

The Area Meetings of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts for 2009, cosponsored by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.

For dates, locations and a general agenda, click here.

Conservation Success Stories

U.S Fish & Wildlife Service and Oklahoma Conservation Commission’s successful Prescribed Burn Program expanding

An agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Conservation Commission (OCC) to help conservation districts facilitate prescribed burning on private lands provided such positive results that the two agencies have agreed to extend the project. (More)

REVOLUTION: Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference

The Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference, Dec. 2-3 in downtown Oklahoma City at the Cox Convention Center, will explore the importance of utilizing natural gas, demand-management and efficiency as partners to renewable resources as well as look at regional developments for transmission and distribution. National and local experts will discuss the best ways to capitalize on the economic development opportunities presented by wind energy, from both the landowner and the developer perspectives. Panelists will present research and models for balancing wildlife and environmental issues with wind energy development. For more information, visit www.OKWindRevolution.com or call (800) 203-5494.