Waterfall at Cucumber Creek Preserve
The Nature Conservancy\'s Cucumber Creek Nature Preserve was created in 1989 to benefit neotropical migrant birds. These birds nest in the summer in large blocks of continuous forest in North America and migrate long distances to Central and South America to spend the winter. Thirty-three species of birds, more than half of them neotropical migrants, nest on the preserve. In addition, many plants and animals found only in the Ouachita Mountains are protected at the Cucumber Creek Nature Preserve. \Learn More\ What's the Latest
Attend a focus group to form the TNC Oklahoma Young Professionals . The goal is to ensure that the young Oklahomans learn about and participate in conservation activities. Black bears return home! At least two black bears now reside at the J. T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve. See a stampede video and learn how bison maintain biodiversity on our nature preserves! Bison, Fire and the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. It turns out the prairie needs the bison as much as the bison need the prairie!
Oklahoma Annual Report
Click here to view the 2006 Annual Report (2.5 meg file).
Places We Protect
Explore the Ouachitas at Cucumber Creek Cucumber Creek Waterfall
Ecoregions include:
Osage Plains / Flint Hills Prairie
Ozarks
Ouachita Mountains
Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain
Crosstimbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie
Southern Shortgrass Prairie
Central Shortgrass Prairie
Central Mixed-grass Prairie
Help Maintain Oklahoma's Preserves
If you have surplus equipment, you can help with the restoration and maintenance of Oklahoma's preserves! Click here for more information.
