An Edmond woman had a wild encounter in Mitch Park recently.
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Norman’s Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum celebrates 30 years as ‘the dinosaur museum’
Current museum director Michael Mares has held the position since 1983.
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Summer Guide: OKC Zoo’s education programs teach compassion for wildlife
The zoo’s programs educate the public about conservation efforts and establish the zoo as more than a tourist attraction.
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Something wild
Photo: Heather Brown Spring is always a busy time for the WildCare Foundation, as babies arrive needing extra attention, but this season, the organization took in more than 840 animals. The facility, which works to release animals back to their native habitat, took in an average of 40 animals per day in the three weeks […]
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Range war
Meadowlake residents by a new gate near the proposed gun range Credit: Mark Hancock The Tecumseh-based Quail Ridge Sporting Clays opened that part of its outdoor shooting range business in February 2012 at S.E. 149th between Air Depot and Midwest boulevards in the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust (OCWUT)-owned Elm Creek Reservoir reserve, where a […]
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Finding common ground
Jack McMahan addresses the city’s Parks and Recreation Committee Credit: Mark Hancock Jack McMahan, Wilderness Matters’ executive director, made an hour-long presentation at the Dec. 19 commission meeting, trying to ease fears voiced by groups such as the Sierra Club and Friends of Martin Park Nature Center. An outdoorsman who has used a wheelchair since […]
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Wildlife strife
The adamant opposition from Friends of Martin Park Nature Center stems from a proposal by nonprofit group Wilderness Matters, Inc., which seeks to add two new handicapped-accessible trails, a treehouse, a boardwalk across the lake and a sensory garden. The projects would require a large amount of construction and could destroy trees, rare plants and […]
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Urban jungle
“(My roommate) came in and said, ‘You’ve got to see this.’ There was a little opossum, about 7 inches long, sitting on the ping-pong table just looking at us,” Hall said. “We figured the cats might hurt it, so we put the opossum in a carrier, and a second one started climbing down the shelves […]
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To the bat cave!
After all, nothing destroys the benign boy candy vibe of a Robert Pattinson-level broodfest like knowing he spends part of every night practicing echolocation as a flying mammal. But at a 340-acre tract of land in northwestern Oklahoma, visitors can spend an evening watching thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats leave for the nightly hunt. The […]