Published in the Tahlequah Dai...

Published in the Tahlequah Daily Press on August 1 and 8, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS CONCERNING PROPOSED BURN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to owners of lands adjacent to land owned and operated by the
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation known as the Cherokee Wildlife Management
Area that between August 1 and September 30, 2026, the operators of such Wildlife
Management Area located in parts of sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, T14N, R21 E, and sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, & 35 T15N, R21E in Cherokee County, Oklahoma intends to burn as a prescribed burning an estimated 13,510 acres of above mentioned property.
This notice is pursuant to Title 2, section 16-28.2 requiring written notice be given to all adjacent property owners within 60 days of a prescribed burning. Property owners may
contact Brent Morgan at the Department of Wildlife Conservation at 918-931-0432.
A complete plan of the proposed prescribed burning can be found at the Forestry Division
Office located at 22082 South J.F. Davis Lane, Tahlequah, Ok, or the Woodall Fire
Department in Woodall, Ok.