The federal government's decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered or threatened could inspire interest in a system of conservation banking that pays landowners a market rate for ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior moved Wednesday to overturn a 2022 decision to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered in some places and threatened in others, citing mistakes made in the ...

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.

KELLERTON - It's a celebration no one should miss. Iowa's seventh annual Greater Prairie Chicken Day is scheduled for Saturday, April 10, at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area. Although ...

Discover prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse in their native Wisconsin habitats. Join wildlife expert Robert S. Ellarson to explore prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse in Wisconsin. See ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The prairies were once home to grizzly bears, wolves and bison — top species that indicated the health of their ...

As the glow of dawn illuminated a hill dappled with wispy sagebrush and a sizable elk herd, I received my first glimpse of a peculiar avian ritual. Through my spotting scope, I could make out the ...

TOPEKA — Entrepreneur and conservationist Wayne Walker says the business of saving the lesser prairie chicken in Kansas required wider commitment to paying market rates to landowners dedicated to ...