ABSTRACT The range of Lesser Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) spans 4 unique ecoregions along 2 distinct environmental gradients. The Sand Shinnery Oak Prairie ecoregion of the Southern ...
ST. LOUIS — Farmland owners counties can give prairie chickens a boost while earning income in an unsettling economy. A new state-federal program will pay farmland owners in 11 Missouri counties to ...
Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. Only about 30,000 of the birds are left, down from millions. And they've been at the heart of political and conservation debates for years. The ...
This is part one of a two-part series on greater prairie chickens on the northeast plains of Colorado. Part one is educational in nature. Part two will focus on huntable opportunities in the six GMUs ...
The Southern Great Plains has been altered by conversion of native grassland to row-crop agriculture, which is considered the primary cause of declining lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Farmland owners counties can give prairie chickens a boost while earning income in an unsettling economy. A new state-federal program will pay farmland owners in 11 Missouri counties ...
It’s hard to imagine a name less befitting the grandeur of the endangered grouse than “lesser prairie chicken.” Trifling grouse, maybe? Boring ground bird? It’s hard to say which is the worst. All of ...
The Attwater’s prairie chicken, a living symbol of Texas and one of the most endangered species in the world, has achieved a population level not seen in 28 years. An annual survey by the U.S. Fish ...
A greater prairie chicken during its courtship at the Kellerton lek. (Photo by Lowell Washburn/DNR) For more than a decade, Iowans have gathered at the Kellerton Grasslands Bird Conservation Area at ...
You've no doubt heard the saying "it takes a village to raise a child." I know from personal experience how powerful a supportive community can be to human development. The concept also applies to ...
This is part one of a two-part series on greater prairie chickens on the northeast plains of Colorado. Part one is educational in nature. Part two will focus on huntable opportunities in the six GMUs ...