Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge lifts hiking restrictions
MEDICINE PARK, Okla. – Since temperatures have dropped, a local wildlife refuge says it is lifting hiking restrictions. Earlier this month, officials with the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge said the area was placed under a heat advisory, so they enacted new rules to protect visitors during the summertime heatwave. “With the safety of visitors in mind and heat in excess of 100 degrees expected to continue through the weekend, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will prohibit hiking on and […]
