Republicans celebrate as lesser prairie chicken loses threatened, endangered status

The stocky, dancing bird that populates prairies across five states lost its federal protections — not because its habitat or ...
The Journal

Trump strips protections for lesser prairie-chicken, the dancing, booming grouse of the Southwest

After pecking away for years, the Trump administration Wednesday finally erased all remaining endangered species protections ...
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Trump Administration Strips Lesser Prairie Chicken of Endangered Species Protections

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from ...
KBIA

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 ...
AOL

Conservation banker looks to save prairie chicken

Feb. 21—Conservation banker Wayne Walker is on a mission to preserve lesser prairie chicken habitat. Walker, the principal of Common Ground Capital LLC, said in this case, instead of trying to develop ...
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Lesser prairie chicken are disappearing from Kansas. Can conservation credits save them?

Conservationists and cattle ranchers are working together to restore grassland for the lesser prairie chicken. The bird used to roam Kansas, but has lost most of its habitat to crop production.