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ODWC director’s report highlights fisheries research, LiveScope study, shooting range projects and enforcement cases
Summary
Director Wade and staff summarized ongoing fisheries studies — including artificial nest boxes and a striped bass study — preliminary findings about LiveScope sonar, funding and license trends, shooting range improvements and recent enforcement cases.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation provided a broad director’s report covering fisheries studies, shooting‑range projects, license modernization impacts and recent enforcement activity.
Director Wade said Fisheries Division has placed artificial spawning boxes in small impoundments to document catfish spawning activity and that the department is monitoring results through 2029. Staff also summarized a multi‑year study (2021–2024) of striped bass movement and recruitment in the Arkansas River system and a 36‑day Grand Lake creel survey that showed 58% of anglers sought black bass.
Wade discussed a department analysis…
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