Oklahoma voters decide on State Question 777 in November. Supporters call the ballot initiative right-to-farm, but opponents prefer right-to-harm. It’s a divisive, national issue that’s made its way to Oklahoma, pitting agriculture against environmentalists and animal rights activists.

This is the centennial year of the Migratory Bird Treaty, a compact between the United States and Canada that ensures certain species of birds can travel undisturbed. The international agreement protects one bird that’s a menace to Oklahoma farmers and ranchers.

StateImpact’s Logan Layden visited with OETA’s Lis Exon for the August 5 edition of Oklahoma News Report, after moderating a panel discussion on State Question 777 for the Oklahoma Policy Institute earlier in the week.

There’s no way to be sure what the situation will be in the months and years ahead, but some signs are giving us hints, and scientists are worried.

Budget cuts and the death of the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission were the thrust of mid-April’s regular meeting of the OSCR. But the real fireworks were around the right-to-farm issue.

Early indications in Oklahoma seem to show a big battle brewing.

The ground beneath Oklahoma is shaking, figuratively and literally in 2016, and StateImpact is on it.