Since 1992, the Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office has been working toward the restoration and conservation of aquatic species and habitats across Oklahoma.
About Us
Our office works closely with partners to collect and monitor populations of invasive carp, paddlefish, Arkansas River shiner, peppered chub, leopard darter, alligator snapping turtles, and alligator gar.
Our Organization
Our Species
- Paddlefish
- Leopard darter
- Arkansas River shiner
- Peppered chub
- Alligator snapping turtle
- Alligator gar
Latest News
Nearly 50 partners are now organized to battle one of the most urgent, wide-ranging and complex environmental challenges of the day 鈥� the threat of invasive carp. We're proud to serve a lead role in providing grants and working shoulder-to-shoulder with our partners in the field, office and lab to...
Our People
Finding your path toward a career in conservation is challenging. We can all look back to pivotal moments in our journey; for many of us, that internship was the launching point for where we are. That is precisely what Chuck Taylor, an intern based out of the Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), a minnow found in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. This recovery plan serves as a roadmap for the conservation of the Arkansas River shiner and its habitat and establishes criteria for...
Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on a draft recovery plan for the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), an imperiled minnow native to the Arkansas River basin found in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. The 60-day comment period ends on Oct. 30th, 2023.
For nearly two decades, exhaustive studies and experimental control efforts have continued in the northern half of the Mississippi River basin, where infamous hordes of leaping silver carp have earned the center stage for fisheries agencies. In recent years, however, an influx of resources has been...
Wildlife Management
Invasive carp have taken the Mississippi River basin by storm since their escapement from farm ponds in the 1970s, where they were originally introduced to control vegetation and phytoplankton, and improve water quality.