Feb. 21—Conservation banker Wayne Walker is on a mission to preserve lesser prairie chicken habitat. Walker, the principal of Common Ground Capital LLC, said in this case, instead of trying to develop ...

The greater prairie chicken’s courtship season, when the males launch loud and colorful displays to woo mates, attracts naturalists and bird watchers from around the world. Subscribe to read this ...

The Wexford Ranches of South and West Texas have received a prestigious conservation award. The O’Connor family, who have been ranchers in Texas since 1836, received the Leopold Conservation Award for ...

The Prairie Chicken Project is still working to save the prairie chicken in Wisconsin, while Illinois has already lost its population due to overhunting and habitat loss.

GLYNDON, Minn. -- The show begins while sunrise is still just a reddish-orange rumor in the eastern sky. You hear it before you can see much of anything. Rapid wing beats ("Is that one over there? I ...

POLK COUNTY, Minn.-For some reason, the male prairie chicken occupying center stage was more appealing to the half-dozen hens gathered nearby than the other males, who found themselves on the ...

A rare bird threatened by oil and gas development in the southeast New Mexico Permian Basin region was listed for the strongest federal protections available Thursday, according to an announcement ...

Will energy companies continue to protect habitat for a prairie grouse in the absence of government regulations? Will energy companies continue to protect habitat for a prairie grouse in the absence ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— In response to a 2016 petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity and partners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the lesser prairie ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced they are proposing to list the lesser prairie chicken as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger ...