RECENT NEWS:

Lesser Prairie-Chicken Partnership Meeting, Edmond, Oklahoma January 17-18

February 2018
Recently the five range states, WAFWA, federal and state agencies and organizations working on lesser prairie-chicken conservation met in Edmond, Oklahoma, to share information on current chicken conservation efforts and identify new strategies for working together. You can read WAFWA's piece on the Edmond meeting here.

Lesser prairie chicken. Credit: Andrew J. Lawrence.

November 2016
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed initial reviews of three Endangered Species Act petitions and found that two present substantial information that the petitioned action may be warranted. A petition to list the lesser prairie-chicken as endangered and another to list the leopard as endangered throughout its range in Africa will move to the next phase, where each species will undergo a thorough status review. 

Read additional information on the Lesser prairie chicken

Lessor prairie chicken in field. Credit: © Andrew Lawrence

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Removes Lesser Prairie-Chicken from List of Threatened and Endangered Species in Accordance with Court Order

July 2016
The Service is officially removing the lesser prairie-chicken from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in accordance with the September 2015 court order vacating our 2014 listing determination. This administrative action and the decision not to appeal the court’s ruling do not constitute a biological determination on whether or not the lesser prairie-chicken warrants federal protection. The direct final rule (Docket No. FWS-ES-R2-2016-0028) will be available in the Federal Register Reading Room on July 19, 2016, and publish on July 20, 2016.

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