The Lake Hefner Dam Road will re-open today to pedestrians and motorists after six months of construction to make repairs.
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned at 9 a.m. on the east end of the dam road.
The road — used by anglers, bicyclists, walkers, runners — had been closed while crews added large rocks and vegetation on the lake banks to prevent erosion.
The road also was re-paved and a new 42-inch cable guard rail was added to make it safer for people to walk, run, bike or fish, city officials said.
•New hunting and fishing area: An additional 3,270 acres in the Ouachita Mountains in Le Flore County near the Arkansas border will be open for public hunting and fishing in the near future.
At its monthly meeting Monday, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission approved an agreement with the Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service to allow public hunting and fishing on the Cucumber Creek Nature Preserve.
The area will be walk-in only and be open in all statewide hunting seasons, but primarily will offer deer, turkey and squirrel hunting.
Cucumber Creek should provide some fishing opportunities, mainly for smallmouth bass. The new area will be open this fall, state wildlife officials said.
•Okie Noodling Tournament: The ninth annual Okie Noodling Tournament is this weekend in Pauls Valley.
Hand-fishermen who have entered the tournament can begin their search for flathead catfish anywhere in the state beginning tonight at 7:30.
Noodlers must be at Bob's Pig Shop in Pauls Valley by 7:30 p.m. Saturday with their live flatheads for the weigh-in. Cash prizes will be given for the biggest fish and biggest three-fish stringer.
The new documentary, "Okie Noodling II” will be shown on an outside screen at Bob's Pig Shop following the weigh-in.
For more information, visit. www.okienoodling.com or call Bob's Pig Shop at (405) 238-2332.
•Junior Archery Tournament: The Junior National Archery Championships begins today at State Fair Park.
Hosted by Oklahoma City's Trosper Junior Olympic Archery Development Club, the tournament continues through Sunday.
The competition will be held at the southwest corner of State Fair Park, near I-44 and W. Reno.
At least 200 competitors from 34 states and three countries are competing in the national target championships.
For more information, visit www.okchampionarchery.org.
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It is great that the State is obtaining more land for outdoors use. The question is, when is this land acquistions going to benefit the citizens in the central and western parts of the state. At $4.00 a gallon gasoline, there is not too many people driving to the Arkansas border for an afternoon/night of fishing. Get real, ODW, get real.
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