Post on 11-Mar-2022
A s
imp
le “
than
k yo
u” c
anno
t ex
pre
ss t
he e
xten
t of
ap
pre
ciat
ion
for
thos
e w
ho g
o ab
ove
and
bey
ond
to le
nd a
han
d. S
uch
is th
e ca
se w
ith th
e m
any
grou
ps
that
hav
e b
ecom
e in
valu
able
Par
tner
s in
Con
serv
atio
n fo
r O
klah
oma’
s tr
emen
dou
s na
tura
l re
sour
ces.
The
Wild
life
Dep
artm
ent,
and
the
spor
tsm
en o
f th
e st
ate,
are
ble
ssed
by
the
se q
ualit
y or
gani
zatio
ns t
hat
have
mad
e si
gnifi
cant
con
trib
utio
ns t
o w
ildlif
e m
anag
emen
t in
Okl
ahom
a. P
artn
ers
liste
d he
re c
ontr
ibut
ed a
t lea
st $
5,00
0 in
201
6.
The
Wild
life
Dep
artm
ent a
lso
exte
nds
sinc
ere
grat
itud
e to
the
man
y ot
her g
roup
s an
d in
div
idua
ls w
ho
pro
vid
e su
pp
ort t
hrou
gh m
onet
ary
gift
s or
in-k
ind
pro
duc
ts a
nd s
ervi
ces
in s
upp
ort o
f all
Dep
artm
ent
activ
ities
. Thi
s lis
t d
oes
not
incl
ude
our
par
tner
s w
ho c
ontr
ibut
e to
the
Dep
artm
ent's
Wild
life
Exp
o.
Than
k yo
u, p
artn
ers!
OK
LAH
OM
A
DE
PAR
TM
EN
TO
FW
ILD
LIF
EC
ON
SE
RVA
TIO
N
• Q
uai
l For
ever
Ok
laho
ma
Ch
apte
rs fo
r sup
port
of O
DW
C p
roje
cts
focu
sed
on h
abita
t en
hanc
emen
t on
WM
As.
• N
atio
nal
Wil
d Tu
rkey
Fed
erat
ion
for
supp
ort o
f hab
itat e
nhan
cem
ent o
n pu
blic
and
pr
ivat
e la
nds
stat
ewid
e (in
clud
ing
seve
ral W
MA
s op
en to
pub
lic h
unt
ing)
, plu
s m
ajor
su
ppor
t for
OD
WC
out
door
edu
catio
nal p
rogr
ams.
• N
atu
rew
ork
s fo
r sup
port
of m
anag
emen
t on
publ
ic la
nds
in O
klah
oma.
• O
kla
hom
a C
ity
Zoo
logi
cal P
ark
, Ok
laho
ma
Zoo
logi
cal S
ocie
ty a
nd B
otan
ical
Gar
den
fo
r con
serv
atio
n fie
ld s
tudy
pro
ject
s an
d to
hel
p w
ith e
xpen
ses
for v
ario
us p
roje
cts.
• O
kla
hom
a St
atio
n C
hap
ter
of S
afar
i Clu
b In
tern
atio
nal
for
supp
ort o
f the
OD
WC
H
unt
ers
Aga
inst
Hu
nger
Pro
gram
, whi
ch p
rovi
des
veni
son
to h
ung
ry O
klah
oman
s;
the
OD
WC
Law
Enf
orce
men
t Div
isio
n; a
nd th
e D
epar
tmen
t’s S
tars
& S
trip
es L
icen
se
Proj
ect,
a do
natio
n pr
ogra
m th
at p
rovi
des h
unt
ing
and
fishi
ng li
cens
es to
vet
eran
s and
se
lect
fam
ily m
embe
rs.
• Sh
ikar
-Saf
ari C
lub
Inte
rnat
ion
al fo
r sup
port
of b
ear p
opul
atio
n re
sear
ch p
roje
cts.
• L
arry
an
d B
ren
da
Pott
erfi
eld
, fou
nd
ers
of M
idw
ayU
SA, f
or t
heir
sup
port
of
the
Okl
ahom
a Sc
hola
stic
Sho
otin
g Sp
orts
Pro
gram
and
stat
e to
urna
men
t sho
otin
g ev
ents
.
• R
ock
y M
ount
ain
Elk
Fou
ndat
ion
for
its s
uppo
rt o
f hab
itat w
ork
on W
MA
s op
en to
pu
blic
hu
ntin
g.
• M
orre
ll M
anu
fact
uri
ng,
Inc
. for
sup
port
of
the
Nat
iona
l Okl
ahom
a A
rche
ry in
the
Sc
hool
s Pro
gram
that
intr
oduc
es st
uden
ts to
com
petit
ive a
rche
ry in
the c
lass
room
sett
ing.
• T
rout
Un
lim
ited
Ok
laho
ma
Ch
apte
rs fo
r th
e in
stal
lmen
t of p
ublic
res
troo
ms
at t
he
Sim
p an
d H
elen
Wat
ts F
ish
and
Wild
life
Man
agem
ent
Are
a on
the
Low
er I
llino
is
Riv
er a
nd fo
r a
thre
e-ye
ar a
gree
men
t to
help
fund
trou
t sto
ckin
g fo
r th
e D
oles
e Tr
out
Prog
ram
in O
klah
oma
City
.
• C
orri
gan-
God
dar
d Fo
und
atio
n fo
r sup
port
of t
he W
ildlif
e D
epar
tmen
t’s L
aw E
nfor
ce-
men
t Div
isio
n.
• T
he N
atio
nal
Rifl
e A
ssoc
iati
on h
elpe
d fu
nd r
enov
atio
ns t
o th
e sh
ooti
ng r
ange
at
Lex
ingt
on W
ildlif
e M
anag
emen
t A
rea.
The
ren
ovat
ed r
ange
will
inc
lude
cov
ered
sh
ooti
ng b
ench
es, b
acks
top,
targ
et s
tand
s, si
de b
erm
s, a
fenc
e, n
ew w
alkw
ay, p
arki
ng,
sign
s an
d le
ad m
anag
emen
t. T
his
as w
ell a
s ot
her
reno
vate
d or
new
ly c
onst
ruct
ed
OD
WC
sho
otin
g ra
nges
will
be
AD
A c
ompl
iant
. Our
sin
cere
tha
nks
to t
he N
RA
for
part
icip
atin
g in
this
pro
ject
.
Man
y par
tner
s jo
in e
ffor
ts t
o im
pro
ve f
utu
re o
f fish
ing
Muc
h of
the
cons
erva
tion
and
enha
ncem
ent w
ork
in O
klah
oma
wou
ld n
ot b
e po
ssib
le w
ithou
t the
vita
l su
ppor
t of o
ur v
ario
us p
artn
ers a
nd su
ppor
ters
. The
Wild
life
Dep
artm
ent,
and
in tu
rn y
ou a
s a sp
orts
-m
an, a
re fo
rtu
nate
to h
ave
qual
ity o
rgan
izat
ions
that
hav
e m
ade
sign
ifica
nt c
ontr
ibut
ions
to fi
sher
ies
man
agem
ent i
n O
klah
oma.
The
se o
rgan
izat
ions
are
feat
ured
on
our w
ebsi
te a
t wild
lifed
epar
tmen
t.com
.
Chas Patterson
WS
FR fu
nds
cont
rib
uted
to
the
co
mp
leti
on
of a
re
nova
ted
bo
at r
amp
at
Am
eric
an H
ors
e La
ke.
PAR
TN
ER
S IN
CO
NSE
RV
AT
ION
YO
UR
DO
LLA
RS
W
OR
K F
OR
C
ON
SER
VA
TIO
NIf
you’
ve e
ver b
ough
t a h
untin
g or
fish
ing
licen
se,
mot
orb
oat
fuel
, fis
hing
tac
kle,
am
mo
or
bow
s an
d ar
row
s, y
ou’re
a p
art o
f the
mos
t suc
cess
ful
effo
rt to
con
serv
e fis
h an
d w
ildlif
e in
Am
eric
a: T
he
Wild
life
and
Spor
t Fis
h R
esto
rati
on P
rogr
am.
Ang
lers
, hun
ters
and
out
doo
rs e
nthu
sias
ts p
ay
a sp
ecia
l exc
ise
tax
whe
neve
r th
ey b
uy i
tem
s re
late
d to
the
out
doo
rs, a
nd t
hat
tax
reve
nue
is
dist
ribut
ed b
ack
to th
e in
divi
dual
sta
tes.
So
each
tim
e an
Okl
ahom
an b
uys
a lic
ense
or o
utd
oors
-re
late
d m
erch
and
ise,
he
or
she
is s
upp
ort
ing
im
por
tant
con
serv
atio
n ef
fort
s su
ch a
s in
stal
ling
boa
t ram
ps
or in
crea
sing
hun
ting
acce
ss.
Andrea Crews
App
endi
x 2-
3
Do
You C
are
Abou
t W
ildlif
e?O
pera
tion
Gam
e T
hief
(OG
T) i
s a p
rogr
am o
f the
Okl
ahom
a D
epar
tmen
t of W
ildli
fe C
onse
rvat
ion
desi
gned
spe
cific
ally
to s
top
ille
gal k
illi
ng o
f the
fish
and
gam
e w
hich
bel
ong
to y
ou, w
heth
er y
ou’re
an
ang
ler,
spor
tsm
an o
r ou
tdoo
r en
thu
sias
t. It
’s a
big
pro
blem
wit
h no
sim
ple
solu
tion
. Hel
p fr
om
publ
ic s
port
smen
and
spo
rtsw
omen
mak
es a
ll th
e d
iffe
renc
e.
Her
e’s
why
:
• O
ne d
ay b
efor
e th
e op
enin
g of
a r
ecen
t dee
r se
ason
, tw
o po
ache
rs k
ille
d fo
ur
wh
iteta
il bu
cks.
• L
ate
one
sum
mer
nig
ht, t
hre
e m
en s
teer
ed t
heir
boa
t ac
ross
a s
tate
res
ervo
ir, s
topp
ed a
t th
eir
ille
gal n
et s
ite a
nd h
aule
d in
a lo
ad o
f str
iped
bas
s an
d o
ther
op
en-w
ater
fish
they
cou
ld s
ell f
or
$1 a
pou
nd o
n th
e co
mm
erci
al m
arke
t.
In e
ach
of th
ese
exam
ples
, you
wer
e th
e lo
ser.
You
lost
hu
ntin
g an
d fi
shin
g op
port
un
itie
s or
the
chan
ce t
o vi
ew w
ildli
fe i
n th
eir
natu
ral s
urr
ound
ings
. At
the
sam
e ti
me,
law
-abi
din
g sp
orts
men
re
ceiv
ed a
bad
repu
tati
on fr
om th
ose
who
fail
to d
isti
ngu
ish
betw
een
lega
l and
ille
gal h
unt
ing.
OG
T
is s
omet
hin
g ev
eryo
ne c
an d
o to
hel
p w
ildli
fe a
nd h
elp
us
appr
ehen
d th
e po
ache
rs.
The
OG
T t
oll-
free
phon
e num
ber
is (8
00) 5
22-8
039.
C
alle
rs c
an re
mai
n an
onym
ous.
Opera
tion G
am
e T
hie
ftr
ailer is
on the m
ove
!Th
anks
to g
ener
ous
cont
ribut
ions
from
the
Okl
ahom
a S
tatio
n C
hapt
er S
afar
i Clu
b In
tern
atio
nal a
nd S
afar
i Clu
b In
tern
atio
nal,
the
Dep
artm
ent h
as e
quip
ped
a tra
velin
g tra
iler t
o hi
ghlig
ht th
e im
porta
nce
of o
beyi
ng g
ame
law
s. T
he O
pera
tion
Gam
e Th
ief
traile
r is
hitti
ng th
e ro
ads
and
educ
atin
g O
klah
oman
s yo
ung
and
old
abou
t wild
life
cons
erva
tion.
Kee
p yo
ur e
yes
peel
ed; t
he tr
aile
r m
ay b
e co
min
g to
an
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r you
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ildlif
e D
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t Mag
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ishi
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erva
tion,
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ural
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h m
ore
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