By Michael Newell October 1 is the opening day for several major archery hunting seasons in Oklahoma. And prospects are looking good for most of those seasons, experts with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation […]
By Kevin Mink Imagine this scenario. A homeowner decides to create a pollinator garden in their front yard. After removing the monoculture of Bermuda grass, the yard is filled with an array of native flowering […]
By Michael Newell Let’s paint the scene. A barefoot, no shirt, boy laying on a creek bank with a cane pole and length of line dangling in the dirty water. Something strait out of […]
Amy Seiger State of Oklahoma Soil Health Coordinator It was the spring of 1989 when an all-out war of the ages broke out into the Overturf house of Stonewall, Okla. Gene and Susie Overturf, my […]
Bass fishing time is here By Michael Newell March and April are some of the best times to start focusing on big bass that are awakening from the winter doldrums and looking for a good […]
by Amy Hays, Noble Research Institute adult education manager / aehays@noble.org When was the last time you learned something new? Something big enough that you felt a real shift? McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc said, “When […]
By Mike Proctor, Noble Research Institute ag technology research associate / mdproctor@noble.org Characteristics: Bushy bluestem is a large, erect bunchgrass that often forms in large stands. The stems may grow taller than three feet with […]
A Christmas List for Outdoor Types By Michael Newell Nearly everyone has an outdoor type on their holiday list. Over the years my wife has struggled with just what gadget or gizmo I really need […]
By Michael Newell It seems a debate often surfaces in the coffee shops near the start of deer season – can deer see the hunter orange clothing that hunters are required to wear during the […]
Oklahoma has more man-made lakes than any other state in the nation and boasts over 55,000 miles of shoreline. How did a state with only oxbow and playa (think temporary) lakes come to have so […]
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