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News & Events

What's happening across Oklahoma's environmental network.

Stay up to date with KOB events, program announcements, and news from across Oklahoma's environmental community. This page is updated regularly. For the latest updates delivered to your inbox, sign up for the KOB newsletter.

Upcoming Events

KOB hosts and participates in events throughout the year across Oklahoma. Check back regularly for the latest additions.

EEC Tickets On Sale

Saturday, August 15, 2026Friday, October 16, 2026

Click the link below to register for the event.

National Public Lands Day

Saturday, September 26, 2026
8:00 am12:00 pm

Team Up to Clean Up partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for National Public Lands Day, to bring volunteers together to clean up areas around Lady Bird Landing Campground, Eufaula Dam ATV trails, and Eufaula Dam fishing areas. Come help us protect and improve public lands and waterways around Eufaula Lake.

Big Clean Prairie: Fall Cleanup Series

Thursday, October 1, 2026Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Big Clean Prairie: Fall Cleanup Series | October 1 – December 1, 2026 | Statewide

Free cleanup supplies for current KOB affiliates, while supplies last, as part of Keep Oklahoma Beautiful's year-round Big Clean Prairie program.

Used Tire and E-waste collection

Saturday, October 3, 2026
8:00 am12:00 pm
Corner of Moses & Puckett
Cushing, OK 74023
US

We will be accepting rimless tires and almost anything with a cord. Tires must be road vehicle size and cannot be tractor size. For electronics, nothing hazardous or radioactive will be accepted.

Homecoming Downtown Cleanup Crew

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
6:00 pm7:00 pm
310 S Main
We will meet at the Homeland parking lot.
Blackwell, OK 74631
US

Join us as we clean downtown Blackwell, prepare for Homecoming, and show our community pride together! Let’s make Blackwell shine!

36th Annual Environmental Excellence Celebration

Thursday, October 29, 20265:30 pmFriday, October 30, 20269:00 pm

Join Keep Oklahoma Beautiful for the 36th annual Environmental Excellence Celebration - Oklahoma's premier event honoring the people, organizations, and businesses making a real difference for our land, water, and communities.

The evening includes a cocktail reception, dinner, live music, silent auction, and the presentation of awards recognizing environmental leadership across the state. Corporate sponsors are recognized throughout the evening for their investment in a cleaner, greener Oklahoma.

Tickets are $125 per person. Tables of eight (8) are available. Proceeds support Keep Oklahoma Beautiful's programs across all 77 Oklahoma counties.

Western formal attire - cocktail attire, boots and blazers welcome.

Parking is a flat, open lot. Handicapped parking is limited but available and requires traversing inclines and uneven pavement that some people may find difficult. No valet service available.

Keep Route 66 Beautiful Reports Due

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Registration closes for End Litter Video Contest

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) encourages high school and college students to take action in the fight against litter and illegal dumping in Oklahoma! We challenge students to tackle this issue in a 25-45 second video clip that conveys to all citizens of Oklahoma that littering is costly, deplorable, illegal, and just downright wrong. The winning video clips will appear on the KOB website and social media platforms as well. Winners in each division will also win a $1,200 prize. Watch all of our finalists on our YouTube channel.

Paint Oklahoma Beautiful Reports Due

Monday, November 30, 2026

Paint Oklahoma Beautiful Applications Open

Tuesday, June 1, 2027Thursday, July 15, 2027

Paint Oklahoma Beautiful provides free paint and supply stipends for community beautification projects on public-facing structures across Oklahoma. From park benches and building facades to highway bridge murals, the program helps communities create spaces that reflect local identity and last.

Submit Your Event

Are you hosting a community event that you'd like to share with KOB? Does it help make Oklahoma a cleaner, greener place to live? Submit the form below to be added to the KOB calendar. 

Stay Connected

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Have a story to share?
If your organization has news, an event, or an accomplishment worth sharing with Oklahoma's environmental community, we'd love to hear about it.


Contact us at admin@keepok.org and we'll consider it for our next newsletter or press release.

Press Releases

Our Impact This Year

  • Affiliates Statewide

    80

  • Oklahoma Counties

    77

  • Oklahomans Reached

    6,000+

  • Environmental Excellence Celebration Guests

    500+

  • Pounds of Litter Removed Annually

    8,000,000+

Thank you to our generous program sponsors:

  • The Chickasaw Nation
    The Chickasaw Nation
  • Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
    Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
  • ODOT New Logo
    ODOT New Logo
  • OTA New Logo
    OTA New Logo
  • OG&E
    OG&E
  • Warren CAT
    Warren CAT
  • WM
    WM
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