A U.S. District judge on Aug. 12 ruled in favor of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service committed a “foundational error” when it declared the prairie-chicken ...

Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie chicken have been jettisoned by a federal judge in Texas. U.S. District Judge David Counts issued a ruling last week that vacated the U.S.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas reversed the listing of the lesser prairie-chicken on the endangered and threatened species list under the Endangered Species Act on ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from the imperiled lesser prairie chicken. The decision eliminates the birds’ ...

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 ...

The lesser prairie chicken, known for its flamboyant courtship dances and bulging neck pouches, has lost a majority of its population in the grasslands and brush of southwestern Kansas. But Republican ...

May 27—The lesser prairie chicken needs federal protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday. Fish and Wildlife is proposing to list the prairie chicken as an endangered species ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lesser Prairie Chicken is no longer considered a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Biodiversity Legal Foundation, now the Center for Biological ...