Scientific management of native habitats is pursued in earnest in the WMA, which is home to one of the longest-running multi-year research projects in southeastern Oklahoma.
[1] Burnings take place as well to improve the timber stand and produce native wildlife foods, another area of study.
The state wildlife department nurtured a herd of native deer in the WMA and began exporting it to other parts of Oklahoma.
Several had radio telemetry collars attached, and have yielded surprising data: young bulls, as example, travel over 80 miles (130 km) per week.
Among the game species found in the WMA are whitetail deer, bobwhite quail, eastern wild turkeys, cottontail rabbits, coyote, bobcat, opossum, skunk, raccoon, dove, wood duck, mallards, woodcock, fox squirrel, and game squirrel.