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Southeast of Turpin in the western part of the county In the Oklahoma panhandle: Black Kettle WMA [14] Roger Mills: 30,710 acres (12,430 ha) Near Cheyenne: Connected with the Black Kettle National Grassland owned by the U.S. Forest Service [15] Blue River WMA [16] Johnston: 3,367 acres (1,363 ha) 8 miles northeast of Tishomingo
The National Scenic Area was established by Public Law 100–499, known as the "Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area and Wilderness Area Act", designating about 400 acres (160 ha) as the Beech Creek Botanical Area in 1988, [2] and was expanded and designated Beech Creek National Scenic Area in 2007.
state A 14,087 acres (57.01 km 2) wilderness nature preserve since 1918. It is an excellent example of a xeric upland oak-pine forest Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge: June 1983: Jet: Alfalfa: federal
Oklahoma has 41 state parks, two national protected forests or grasslands, [12] and a network of wildlife preserves and conservation areas. Six percent of the state's 10 million acres (40,000 km 2 ) of forest is public land, [ 11 ] including the western portions of the Ouachita National Forest , the largest and oldest national forest in the ...
The National Forest exists as two spurs, or arms, of its larger area in Arkansas, and may be found in Le Flore County and McCurtain County. Substantial portions of the mountains are owned by timber companies, who operate massive tree plantations consisting of fast-growing pine trees. Logging is the region's chief industry.
The Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Created by an act of Congress in 1988, the wilderness covers an area of 9,754 acres (39.47 km 2). Contained within Ouachita National Forest, the wilderness is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
"Bromide Pavilion" built by Civilian Conservation Corps in Platt National Park. Photo made July 12, 2007. In 1902, Orville H. Platt, a U.S. Senator from the state of Connecticut, introduced legislation to establish the 640-acre Sulphur Springs Reservation, protecting 32 freshwater and mineral springs, in Murray County, Oklahoma (then part of Indian Territory).
The Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma's only national forest, is also in this area. Choctaw Country also houses "The World's Highest Hill," a 1,999-foot peak near Poteau, as the official designation for a "mountain" is land that is 2,000-feet or taller. [3] The region contains Oklahoma's largest lake by surface area, Lake Eufaula.