Photograph of native grasses, Nowata, Oklahoma. The area on the left was seeded to a mixture of native bluestem grasses in the spring of 1949. It was seeded with one-row cotton planter using approximately 25 pounds of seed per acre. Native grasses were harvested in 1950 and every year since, averaging one ton of hay per acre annually. Area on the right is a virgin native grass meadow. The use of these climax grasses in this area was recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. OK-280-1.
The Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society (OCHS) was organized and became a functioning organization in 2018. Partnerships were formalized with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD), the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma State University Oral History Research Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
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Photograph of native grasses, Nowata, Oklahoma. The area on the left was seeded to a mixture of native bluestem grasses in the spring of 1949. It was seeded with one-row cotton planter using approximately 25 pounds of seed per acre. Native grasses were harvested in 1950 and every year since, averaging one ton of hay per acre annually. Area on the right is a virgin native grass meadow. The use of these climax grasses in this area was recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. OK-280-1.
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