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Issues Kansas Pushes Back Against Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing. On April 2nd, the state attorney general’s office announced that Kansas is joining a lawsuit with Oklahoma, suing the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as [...]

Issues Lesser Prairie Chicken Listed as a Threatened Species. On Thursday, the Obama administration officially listed the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a “threatened species” under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). According to the final listing document for the U.S. [...]

Issues Oklahoma and Industry Sue over Federal ESA Mega-Settlements. This week, the state of Oklahoma and the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA) filed suit against the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over the FWS’s 2011 mega settlements with the Center [...]

Issues Occidental Petroleum Enrolls 1.8 Million Acres to Support Recovery of the Lesser Prairie Chicken. This month, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), alongside a diverse coalition of state wildlife agencies, conversation interests, private landowners and others in the energy industry, invested in [...]

Issues Oversight and Government Reform Committee's energy policy panel holds a hearing on the Endangered Species Act. During a House hearing on February 27th Rep. James Lankford (R-OK). Highlighted Oklahoma's Lesser Prairie Chickens and American Burying Beetles. The Wall Street [...]

Issues WAFWA Range Wide Lesser Prairie Chicken Plan Open for Enrollment. The five state range wide plan is currently open for enrollment. This plan, developed by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA), is accepting participants for its [...]

Issues Interior Considering Free-Market Plan For Lesser Prairie Chicken. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it is considering a habitat exchange program to conserve and protect the Lesser Prairie Chicken. The exchange, led by the Environmental [...]