The grassland-dependent lesser prairie-chicken was recently listed under the Endangered Species Act. Why? Because the purpose of the Act is to conserve the ecosystems upon which we and all other ...

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 ...

While the Trump administration’s request for a court to allow removing lesser prairie-chickens from the protections of the Endangered Species Act due to a technicality may seem helpful to some in the ...

President Joe Biden vetoed a resolution to nullify his administration’s rule regarding the population segments under the Endangered Species Act. Biden in his veto message about said S.J. Resolution 9 ...

Hundreds of thousands of prairie chickens roamed Missouri in the 1800s. But over the decades, the grasslands prairie chickens depend on have shrunk to less than 1 percent of the area they once covered ...

President Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican-sponsored bill to remove federal protections for an endangered species that have seen their populations plummet over the years: the lesser prairie ...

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Thursday it is placing a grassland grouse known as the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species, a move that could affect gas and oil drilling, ...

MOUNT AYR, Iowa (AP) -- Imagine a time when the low, booming calls of prairie chickens resonated across Iowa's gently rolling hills. At Kellerton Grasslands, that time is now. Members of a recent ...

“If they don't survive, that's a sad statement about our society…they've been a part of this land for thousands and thousands of years. And if what we've done, in the way we've taken care of the land, ...

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. Topeka — The Trump administration is attempting to strike protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a bird that has ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Thursday it is placing a grassland grouse known as the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species, a move that could affect oil and gas ...