01-05-2007, 09:10 PM
Oklahoma's own Red Slough Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is featured in a national calendar displaying 12 of the continent's premier wildlife viewing destinations.
Watchable Wildlife, Inc. created the 2007 calendar in cooperation with the American Bald Eagle Foundation to showcase some of the best locations in North America for observing wildlife. The March page of the calendar features a scenic image of Red Slough WMA. Watchable Wildlife, Inc. calls the wildlife management area a "premier birdwatching area" and a "top waterfowl hunting destination."<br />
Red Slough WMA covers 7,800 acres in McCurtain County in southeast Oklahoma, just six miles south of Haworth. Over the past several years, wildlife biologists have made extensive efforts to restore over 1,500 acres of hardwoods that once flourished on the former rice farm. The area also includes thousands of acres of moist soil management units and open water habitat for migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.<br />
"Though still a work in progress, these areas are being restored once again to bottomland hardwoods and quality habitat that can be enjoyed by both wildlife and people," said Mike Smith, Wildlife Department biologist at Red Slough WMA.<br />
The calendar says Red Slough WMA is home "to over 288 species of birds." Other species spotted on the area include river otters, bald eagles and American alligators.<br />
Though wildlife-viewing opportunities abound at Red Slough, wildlife watchers are not the only ones with something to enjoy. The area is also home to healthy populations of deer, turkey, small game, furbearers, dove and waterfowl. For complete hunting regulations at Red Slough WMA, see the "2006-07 Oklahoma Hunting Guide."<br />
Red Slough is managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.<br />
To purchase the 2007 Watchable Wildlife calendar, log on to watchablewildlife.org. To learn more about Red Slough WMA, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.
Watchable Wildlife, Inc. created the 2007 calendar in cooperation with the American Bald Eagle Foundation to showcase some of the best locations in North America for observing wildlife. The March page of the calendar features a scenic image of Red Slough WMA. Watchable Wildlife, Inc. calls the wildlife management area a "premier birdwatching area" and a "top waterfowl hunting destination."<br />
Red Slough WMA covers 7,800 acres in McCurtain County in southeast Oklahoma, just six miles south of Haworth. Over the past several years, wildlife biologists have made extensive efforts to restore over 1,500 acres of hardwoods that once flourished on the former rice farm. The area also includes thousands of acres of moist soil management units and open water habitat for migrating shorebirds and waterfowl.<br />
"Though still a work in progress, these areas are being restored once again to bottomland hardwoods and quality habitat that can be enjoyed by both wildlife and people," said Mike Smith, Wildlife Department biologist at Red Slough WMA.<br />
The calendar says Red Slough WMA is home "to over 288 species of birds." Other species spotted on the area include river otters, bald eagles and American alligators.<br />
Though wildlife-viewing opportunities abound at Red Slough, wildlife watchers are not the only ones with something to enjoy. The area is also home to healthy populations of deer, turkey, small game, furbearers, dove and waterfowl. For complete hunting regulations at Red Slough WMA, see the "2006-07 Oklahoma Hunting Guide."<br />
Red Slough is managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.<br />
To purchase the 2007 Watchable Wildlife calendar, log on to watchablewildlife.org. To learn more about Red Slough WMA, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.