Blog OklahomaOct 22

Protections for the lesser prairie chicken have ended. What does that mean for Oklahoma's population? | KGOU - Oklahoma's NPR Source
https://www.kgou.org/science-technology-and-environment/2025-10-21/protections-for-the-lesser-prairie-chicken-have-ended-what-does-that-mean-for-oklahomas-population

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Protections for the lesser prairie chicken have ended. What does that mean for Oklahoma's population?

The lesser prairie chicken is a petite bird trotting across southern Great Plains grasslands. But over the years, its habitat and numbers have shrunk. The bird was given Endangered Species Act protections, but those are now gone after a federal judge issued a ruling over the summer. In the first installment of a two-part series, Anna Pope reports on where the move leaves Oklahoma's lesser prairie chicken population.

KGOU
1PartySep 9, 2025

A Texas judge has removed endangered species protections for the lesser prairie chicken. This is not a small act—it's part of a strategy to whittle away environmental laws, just like the approach used to repeal Roe v. Wade. Don't be fooled.

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Blog OklahomaSep 9, 2025

Conservation groups appeal lesser prairie chicken’s loss of protection • Oklahoma Voice
https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/09/09/repub/conservation-groups-appeal-lesser-prairie-chickens-loss-of-protection/

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Conservation groups appeal lesser prairie chicken’s loss of protection • Oklahoma Voice

Conservation groups want a Texas court to overturn gutting of federal protections for lesser prairie chicken, which lives in New Mexico

Oklahoma Voice
Lee FifeNov 26, 2022

Good. Lesser prairie chicken declared threatened in Colorado with new land restrictions.

https://coloradosun.com/2022/11/22/colorado-threatened-species-lesser-prairie-chicken-endangered/

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Feds declare lesser prairie chicken “threatened” in Colorado, land use changes ahead

Federal wildlife officials have declared the boom-or-bust lesser prairie chicken a threatened species in Colorado, and endangered in states to the south, a goal of a long environmental campaign but a disappointment to farmers who fear new restrictions.

The Colorado Sun