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Chronic wasting disease — which affects deer, elk and moose — continues to spread throughout the Great Plains. Just this year, authorities in western Oklahoma detected the state’s first case in a free-ranging deer.
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Three hundred bison were donated to the Nature Conservancy in 1993. Now, the herd has grown six times over and plays a critical role in preserving the tallgrass prairie ecosystem.
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The species, including birds, mussels and a bat, have been moved off the threatened and endangered list. They join 650 other species that have gone extinct in the U.S.
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Explaining the draw of gawking at massive bears, a park ranger says, "You can follow the bears for years and really get to know their lives and their personalities and their soap operas."
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Record-setting harvests continue despite financial hit, Chronic Wasting Disease threat.
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is looking forward to fall for quail hunting season. Changing weather patterns have impacts on quail populations.
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The plains spotted skunk received good news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The Service finds there is a viable population species in its range and that it is not at risk of extinction.
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Ranchers across the Great Plains are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their expanding population is becoming a big nuisance for producers.
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The U.S. House of Representatives last week voted on a bill that could overturn the Endangered Species Act listing of the lesser prairie chicken following the Senate’s decision in May.
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On Monday, hundreds of birds were discovered in an Oklahoma City shopping center parking lot after hail storms over the weekend.