fishing

State keeps calling new emergency rules that allow unlimited fish catch, as dry-up continues

State parks dispute with the Fort Lyon Canal Company has cut off public access to local reservoirs. Plus: Floyd’s 99 turns 25, downtown Denver updates and is finding a job getting worse?

Multiple natural hazards in the summer of 2026 are preventing access to wide swaths of public lands. Here’s what to know.

CPW is closing public access to Adobe Creek and Thurston reservoirs after negotiations for a new lease failed

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is trying to figure out how to navigate a conflict between Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General Gentner Drummond over what licenses tribal citizens need when hunting in Indian Country.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed a special prosecutor to go after Indigenous hunters who are cited for hunting without a state license on tribal reservations.

Animals that disappeared from some rivers because of pollution, dams and overharvesting are getting a new lease on life that could have ripple effects for other wildlife and for humans.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has interceded in a case to drop charges against a Choctaw Nation citizen accused of hunting on a tribal reservation without a state permit.

Oklahoma is home to over 200 lakes — 71 of those have specific advisories about mercury in fish. This year, the lake at Fort Supply in Northwestern Oklahoma is the only new addition to that list, but the guidelines at other lakes have changed.

Oklahoma hunting and fishing licenses have been the same price for at least 20 years. That could soon change thanks to Senate Bill 941.