Odessa American

Lesser prairie-chicken ruling creates uncertainty, conservation banker says

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a male lesser prairie chicken in southeastern New Mexico. (AP File Photo) A court ruling taking the lesser prairie-chicken off ...
Yahoo

Conservation groups appeal lesser prairie chicken’s loss of protection

An undated photo of a lesser prairie chicken, which lives in the grasslands of the Great Plains in New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas. Conservation groups are looking to overturn an ...
Iowa Public Radio

A native prairie bird lost federal protection. People are still trying to save it on private land

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and ...
JD Supra

Protecting the Lesser Prairie-Chicken on Private Land in a Shifting Regulatory Environment

As they do every year, male lesser prairie-chickens gathered this Spring on the 48,000-acre Gardiner Angus Ranch in Ashland, Kansas for their ritual mating dance to attract females. The Gardiner Ranch ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Kansas lesser prairie chicken loses endangered species act protections after Texas court order

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. TOPEKA — The lesser prairie chicken, a dancing grouse that has long teetered between threatened and endangered ...
Odessa American

Pfluger applauds ruling to vacate lesser prairie-chicken from endangered species listing

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released the following statement in response to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas vacating the U.S. Fish and ...
9NEWS

Greater prairie chicken comeback shines on Colorado's eastern plains

WRAY, Colo. — In the town of Wray on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, the greater prairie chicken is not just surviving — it’s dancing. Every spring, visitors from across the country travel to Wray to ...
Science Friday

Lesser Prairie Chicken May Lose Endangered Species Status

The lesser prairie chicken was granted endangered species status in 2023. Now the Department of the Interior is moving to revoke those protections. What can this bird known for its flamboyant ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

Conservation efforts ongoing to save lesser prairie-chicken

A federally and state listed threatened species, the lesser-prairie chicken is found in small fragmented populations in the grasslands of southeast Colorado. Unfortunately, populations of this ...
E&E

Settlement reached in Wisconsin solar dispute over prairie chicken

A conservation group said it would drop a court challenge after the developer of a 1.3-gigawatt solar-and-battery project agreed to habitat protections. The developer of what would be Wisconsin’s ...
Globe Gazette

Prairie Chicken Day provides unique public viewing

KELLERTON - It's a celebration no one should miss. Iowa's seventh annual Greater Prairie Chicken Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 10, at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area. Although ...