lesser prairie chicken

Over the decades, the Lesser Prairie Chicken has become a purity test for Kansas politicians and a proxy in the battle between industry and private landowners versus environmentalists.

As more of the lesser prairie chicken's habitat is taken over by agriculture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is promoting more voluntary conservation initiatives for the bird and the health of the Great Plains.

Three environmental groups are suing the Trump administration to secure federal protection for lesser prairie chickens .

The booming calls of the lesser prairie chicken once rung out across western Kansas.Accounts from the 1800s mention bands of hunters bagging dozens of…

The lesser prairie chicken population in the High Plains is stable.As the Topeka Capital-Journal reports, the latest aerial survey by the Western…

Beginning Thursday, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) will begin aerial surveys to document population trends of the lesser…

TOPEKA – Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Kansas Department of Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey are urging…

Earlier this year, the lesser prairie chicken was removed from the threatened and endangered species list, but in response to a petition by…

Clay Cooper signed the first Lesser Prairie-Chicken conservation plan in Texas, through the Natural Resources Conservation Service "Working Lands for…

The Kansas Biological Survey at KU has been awarded a $2.1 million contract to play an essential role in the Lesser Prairie Chicken Range-Wide…