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Learning & fellowship opportunities at the upcoming OCLWA 2023 conference

OCLWA 2023 Call for Papers

The Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds Association is the premier regional association promoting clean water and ecological abundance in local lakes, wetlands, and waterways. Folks from Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas regularly join their Oklahoma colleagues for learning and fellowship at…

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Lake Frances Ecological Design Charrette

cover of Ecological Design in the Ozarks report

Location: Illinois River, Oklahoma/Arkansas Border Sponsors: Bio x Design, University of Arkansas, American Ecological Engineering Society The plans for the site developed in the charrette were compiled into a booklet (PDF) reporting on the charrette process and results.

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Building Floating Wetlands, Earth Day 2010

PVIA Chairman Dr. Ken Hammond and local area middle schoolers pose with a newly planted floating wetland at Lake Wister, April 21, 2010

For Earth Day 2010 the Choctaw Nation and the Poteau Valley Improvement Authority (PVIA) sponsored an educational event for local middle schoolers at Lake Wister. Students helped finish building and then planted two floating wetlands which were added to those…

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