Why the lesser prairie chickens need Kansans’ support, and why we need each other

In recent springs, I’ve woken up long before dawn and walked out onto the Konza Native Tallgrass Prairie. I did this to watch ...
Yahoo

Federal government asks judge to overturn lesser prairie chicken's spot on endangered list

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of the Interior moved Wednesday to overturn a 2022 decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered ...
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 ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Trump administration wants to remove protections for threatened Kansas bird

Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. The lesser prairie chicken is threatened in its northern range, which includes Kansas and Oklahoma, and endangered in its southern range.
The Journal

Habitat improvement can also boost bottom line

Private capital can help ranchers to build habitat for an endangered bird, improve their ranchland and earn added income. That approach is working to preserve habitat for lesser prairie-chicken. The ...
The Journal

Genomic analyses of prairie chickens cast doubt on species classifications

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species. Difficult to distinguish by their physical appearance alone, some scientists have ...
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Genomic analyses of prairie chickens cast doubt on species classifications

Impact of sampling from five states could affect wildlife management nationwide Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species.