The rare dancing grouse of the Southwest, called the lesser prairie chicken, is known for the males' elaborate calls and showy displays of reddish-orange air sacs while they perform mating dances on ...

The rare dancing grouse of the Southwest, called the lesser prairie chicken, is known for the males' elaborate calls and showy displays of reddish-orange air sacs while they perform mating dances on ...

A little smaller and paler than the Greater Prairie-Chicken, this grouse is adapted to arid short-grass regions of the southern Great Plains. At one time it was abundant in this region, but it has ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) has several programs that focus on habitat restoration efforts for lesser prairie chickens. Efforts funded through these programs are hoped to ...

A U.S. Congressman from Kansas has introduced legislation to delist the Lesser Prairie Chicken from the threatened and endangered species list. Republican Tracey Mann (KS-01) says the regulation has ...

Members of the Kansas congressional delegation and lawmakers from Oklahoma and other states have introduced a bill to remove the lesser prairie chicken from the threatened and endangered species list.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The chicken’s habitat spans parts of five states, including Colorado ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act ...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Marshall (KS), Jerry Moran (KS), James Lankford (OK), and Markwayne Mullin (OK) introduced legislation to delist the Lesser Prairie Chicken as endangered ...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday that he is pushing the federal government to assume some costs for protecting the lesser prairie chicken by expanding incentives for farmers to enroll their ...

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has placed the Lesser Prairie-Chicken on the Endangered Species List. The Center for Biological Diversity sued in October, saying USFWS was moving too slowly after ...