DSA 2020 Annual Meeting
June 19-21 / Lawton, Oklahoma

Dragonflies at a Biogeographical Crossroads

Pre-meeting Field Trips June 16-18 / Post-meeting Field Trips June 22-24

June 16-18 – pre-meeting trip in the Broken Bow/Hoachtown/Idabel area to visit the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ouachita Highlands – details below

June 19 –  day trips in and around the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

June 21 –  day trips in and around the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

June 22-24 – post-meeting trip to southwestern Oklahoma – details below

DSA 2020 Pre-meeting trip

DSA 2020 pre-meeting trip 16-18 June, base in Broken Bow-Hochatown-Idabel area, Oklahoma, to explore the Ouachita Highlands and the Gulf Coastal Plains

General itinerary: We will spend one day heading south to the Little River National Wildlife Refuge and the Red Slough Wildlife Management Area, where we will look for species such as the Regal Darner (Coryphaeschna ingens), Bayou Clubtail (Arigomphus maxwelli), and Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) as well as swarms of Somatochlora that could include the Texas Emerald (S. margarita). The second day we will head north to tour around the Ouachita Highlands where we will look for species such as the Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum), Atlantic, Attenuated, Azure, Burgundy, Slender, Skimming, Stream, Vesper Bluets (Enallagma doubledayi, daeckii, aspersum, dubium, traviatum, geminatum, exsulans, vesperum), Gray Petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi), Comet Darner (Anax longipes), Ozark Clubtail (Gomphurus ozarkensis), Oklahoma and Pronghorn Clubtails (Phanogomphus oklahomensis and graslinellus), Interior Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus sigmastylus), and Ozark and Clamp-tipped Emeralds (Somatochlora ozarkensis and tenebrosa).

For a list of target species for the trip, click here.

Lodging/camping

Because we will head south one day and north the other, it is up to you which town to stay in. The trip caravan will stop in each town to meet trip participants.

Broken Bow: Most central town, but the Microtel is the only hotel in town rated as 3-3.5 stars (and it is where Bee usually stays; all other hotels are 1-2 star).

Hochatown/Broken Bow area: lodging for all budget levels including: Hochatown Country Lodge and Cabins in Broken Bow.

 Idabel: Super 8 and a Comfort Inn and Suites.

 camping suggestions: Beaver’s Bend State Park and Ouachita National Forest

DSA 2020 Post-meeting trip

DSA 2020 post-meeting trip 21-24 June, base in Altus, to explore southwestern Oklahoma

General itinerary: From our base in Altus, we will visit a series of privately owned properties within the Jackson Salt Plains as well as sites to the west and north. Principal targets will be Oklahoma’s isolated populations of Seaside Dragonlet and Bronzed River Cruiser. Some target species include the Plateau Spreadwing, Paiute Dancer, Plains Clubtail, Four-striped Leaftail, aberrant Royal River Cruisers, and Marl Pennant.

For a list of target species for southwestern Oklahoma, click here.

Lodging/camping

It is recommended that you stay in Altus at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites. There are plenty of other options in Altus, including other hotels, B & Bs, and RV parks (see TripAdvisor, but make sure search is for Oklahoma).

Farther afield is Quartz Mountain Resort (N of Altus about 30 mins).