LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is closing some public use areas for a couple of days this month and in December to conduct controlled hunts. These hunts are done in ...

The hunt plan, which could replace the 1984 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Hunt Plan, would maintain big game hunting programs while […] MEDICINE PARK, Okla.

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is carrying out more prescribed burns. Today on Feb. 24, officials at the refuge took advantage of the weather to carry out burns in ...

As multiple agencies worked to contain wildfires, the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge was closed to the public on Saturday. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials said the closure was due to concerns ...

MEERS – The Rush Fire reached over 4,400 acres burned by Saturday and caused the Wichita Wildlife Refuge to close. The fire which sparked Thursday near Rush Lake had quickly reached over 1,500 ...

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge remains closed on Sunday due to smoke impacts from the Rush Fire that has burned about 11,000 acres. About 150 personnel from 20 agencies are on a 24-hour ...

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Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge is not a well-kept secret thanks to recent publicity from USA Today. The media outlet’s readers voted the southwestern Oklahoma sanctuary the No. 1 ...

A body was found on Wednesday at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, according to Lawton, Okla., TV station KSWO. Wednesday, May 17th 2023, 5:54 pm By: News 9 ...

INDIAHOMA, Okla. (AP) -- An advocacy group for southwest Oklahoma's Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is asking visitors to be vigilant looking out for vandals. TV station KSWO reports spray ...

The Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Southwestern Oklahoma was once a part of what the Native Americans called "the Big Pasture." The grass-covered rolling hills give way to great ...