Lesser Prairie Chicken proposed listing could affect projects
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the species under the act, reversing course from a decision agency officials made several years ago that left the bird's fate in the hands of conservation programs adopted by nonprofits and businesses.
Agency officials said they believe the species' southern population segment, which is found in shinnery oak prairie areas of eastern New Mexico and across the southwest Texas Panhandle, is threatened with extinction.
The agency also proposes classifying the chicken's northern population segment found in grasslands and sagebrush that cover parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado as being threatened under the act.”
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