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Formed | July 1, 1971 |
Headquarters | 2800 N. Lincoln Blvd Ste 200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Employees | 62 (FY11) |
Annual budget | $27.8 million (FY11) |
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Website | www.ok.gov/conservation/ |
The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is an agency of the government of Oklahoma under the Governor of Oklahoma. It is the duty of the Commission to conserve Oklahoma's land and water. The Commission is also responsible for upstream flood control protection, a state-funded conservation cost-share program, reclamation of abandoned mine land and non point source water quality monitoring, planning, and management, in addition to a variety of educational and informational activities.
The Commissison is composed of five members, appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate. The Commission, in turn, appoints an Executive Director to manage the day-to-day operations of the Commission.
The Commission was created in 1971 during the term of Governor David Hall.