About the Area: Located in the Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains Ecoregion, this area is characterized by rolling sandstone hills having eastward facing escarpments. Dry oak forests and woodlands interspersed with prairie openings on dry uplands. Bottomlands characterized by deciduous hardwoods along rivers and streams. The Deep Fork River and bottomland runs through the area. In the forested uplands, post oak, blackjack oak and black hickory predominate, with Redbud, roughleaf dogwood and American plum common in more open areas and woodland edges.

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Organizations Represented
Oklahoma University Oklahoma Biological Survey
George M Sutton Avian Reseach Center
Oklahoma University Dept. of Zoology
Oklahoma University Biological Station
Oklahoma University Botanical Society
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
McCloud High School
Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Broken Arrow
Northeastern Oklahoma State University, Tahlequah
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Oral Roberts University
Southern Nazarine University, Bethany
Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford
Texas A&M University, Texarkana, TX
Tulsa Community College
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Science and Arts, Chickasha, OK
Boy Scouts of America Troop 298, Morris and Okmulgee
Oklahoma City Zoo
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
Oklahoma Native Plant Society
Oklahoma Ornithological Society
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Dept., Oklahoma City, OK
Three Forks Nature Center
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Tulsa, OK