LEPC Renewables HCP Amendment Findings

Findings and Recommendations on Issuance of an Amended Incidental Take Permit (PER0038832) for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus; LEPC) to LPC Conservation, LLC for the Amended Oil and Gas Habitat Conservation Plan for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, covering portions of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado.

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A male lesser prairie-chicken in the fading sunlight

The lesser prairie-chicken is a species of prairie grouse endemic to the southern and central high plains of the United States, commonly recognized for its feathered tarsi (legs), stout build, ground-dwelling habit, and lek mating behavior. The LEPC is closely related and generally similar in...

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