Lawmakers Study Texas Pressures on Oklahoma Water

Lawmakers study Texas pressures on Oklahoma water

Pressures coming from Texas on resources in southeastern Oklahoma have resulted in calls for the Legislature to add to the number of rivers protected under the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Act.

Bullard Pushes to Protect Southeast Oklahoma Scenic Rivers

Oklahoma Senator David Bullard is renewing his push to protect the Kiamichi and Glover rivers, warning that southeast Oklahoma’s free-flowing waterways could be threatened by hydropower plants, dams, and other developments if action isn’t taken. During an interim study Tuesday before the Senate Agriculture and Wildlife Committee, Bullard called for expanding the state’s Scenic Rivers Act to safeguard the two rivers. He said the region’s pristine