Earth has its Day at Enid.

Enid Lake’s Environmental Awareness Day, held on Earth Day, is a time when rangers and school groups get together to discuss a variety of issues, from land use to forestry to wildlife. Enid also sponsors Habitat Day, when volunteers and rangers use discarded cedar trees to create fish shelters; in 2006 more than 150 volunteers helped place 665 cedar shelters throughout the lake. These shelters should help Enid retain its world-class status with sports fisherman, as the holder of the world record for short-nose gar at 5.83 pounds and white crappie at 5.3 pounds.

Fishing is just one of the many recreational choices at Enid. Hunting, swimming, hiking and camping are also part of the fun, with 231 picnic sites, 368 campsites, 13 boat ramps and 5 swimming beaches, lots of hiking and even equestrian trails. So dive in…or just stand back and watch—bird watch, that is. The Lake manages hundreds of acres planted in grain, millet, peas and sunflowers, with more acreage of seasonally flooded bottomlands, providing a rich habitat for a diverse population of resident and migratory birds. A special treat: bald eagles’ nests.

Further south, the habitats at Grenada Lake are also for the birds—as well as the deer, foxes, bobcats, beavers, rabbits and other small critters. Oh, and humans find it pretty terrific there, too.