"Instead, lesser prairie-chickens became officially delisted due to multiple court cases filed by industrial oil, big agriculture, and the Attorneys General from Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma. On Feb. 26 ...

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 ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Midwestern bird known for its unique appearance and impressive courtship dances is officially off the federal threatened and endangered species list. Groups opposed to the move have, ...

The refuge west of Houston just grew by its largest expansion in decades.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lesser prairie chicken, which has lost its endangered and threatened statuses, appears in a field in Oakley, Kansas. (Getty ...

The Lesser Prairie Chicken is no longer considered a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Lesser prairie chickens scatter in the early morning during mating season. Ashland — In the remaining grasslands in Kansas lives the lesser prairie chicken, a stocky, quail-like bird that used to roam ...

Rancher Bret Riley believes that measures taken to save a struggling grouse in the plains of eastern New Mexico can also protect the land he relies on at his approximately 22,000-acre spread 20 miles ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking the public's assistance in locating prairie chickens this spring.

On Feb. 26, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced the lesser prairie-chicken has officially been delisted from any endangered status. The red tape associated with protecting the lesser ...