U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials said the closure was due to concerns about smoke from the Rush Fire, a wildfire that broke out on Thursday near the Rush Lake area of the refuge.

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge closed today, April 26, due to flash flooding.According to theWichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, several roadways and br. advertisement.

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge boasts roughly 650 bison, which often churn the muddy shoreline of Quanah Parker Lake. (Carson Vaughan for The Washington Post) By Carson Vaughan.

MEDICINE PARK, Okla. – Since temperatures have dropped, a local wildlife refuge says it is lifting hiking restrictions. Earlier this month, officials with the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge ...

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The hunt plan, which could replace the 1984 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Hunt Plan, would maintain big game hunting programs while […] MEDICINE PARK, Okla.

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge remains closed on Sunday due to smoke impacts from the Rush Fire that has burned about 11,000 acres. About 150 personnel from 20 agencies are on a 24-hour ...

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is just northwest to the very training ground on which Soldiers spend their time in the field. Established in 1901, ...

Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge is not a well-kept secret thanks to recent publicity from USA Today. The media outlet’s readers voted the southwestern Oklahoma sanctuary the No. 1 ...

UPDATE (05/19; 12:53 p.m.) — Law enforcement said they believe the body of a woman recently found in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge has been identified based on tips from the public.

According to the affidavit, Smith was part of a Native American tribe, the Comanche Nation, and was found dead on May 17, 2023, in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge by authorities.