Article: 'Lonely, wild' mating call lures birders to Wisconsin fest.(Going Places)

Article: A new day dawns: game population; CHANGED LAND; The prairie chicken is back, and its comings and goings typify what has happened as society has shaped the terrain for its own use.(SPECIAL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ......known as the prairie chicken. Is this a...have enough prairie chickens to hunt? The...season on prairie chickens opened on...wrote, the prairie chickens would aggregate...In 1900, prairie chickens - and even...numbers of prairie chickens in ...

Article: Chickens again; For the first time in more than 60 years, a limited number of Minnesota hunters will be able to pursue prairie chickens. And the hunters will have a good chance of filling their two-bird limits.(SPORTS)(Dennis Anderson)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 15, 2003 ;     691 words ......state's first prairie chicken season in more...two-bird limits. The prairie chickens they seek, after...perhaps 5,000 prairie chickens. Wildlife photographer...enough to draw a prairie chicken license this...transplants, prairie chickens were last ...

Article: PAUL A. SMITH Matchmaking hopes to invigorate prairie chickens
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......population of prairie chickens. More broadly...Badgerland. "Our prairie chicken population has...of about 1,500 prairie chickens. Significantly...isolated from other prairie chicken populations...been a boon to prairie chickens. "The population...TNC. Each ...

Article: PRAIRIE CHICKEN ON COMEBACK TRAIL?(SPORTS)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  May 19, 2005 ;     407 words ......copyright for this article Prairie chickens are to southern Wisconsin...There were records of prairie chickens in almost every county...practice to hunt for prairie chickens around the Madison...below endangered - the prairie chicken's range is limited...population of ...

Article: Prairie Chicken Numbers are Critical
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......endangered greater prairie chicken population. Once greater prairie chickens numbered...flock of prairie chickens," said Max...and MDC's prairie chicken recovery...the greater prairie chicken. Working...serve the prairie chickens and the ...

Article: DEFENDING PRAIRIE CHICKENS DNR LAUNCHES BATTLE PLAN TO SAVE THE BIRD.(METRO)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Wisconsin's prairie chickens are in trouble...The greater prairie chicken is a native...birds crave, prairie chickens were found...grassland to the prairie chicken range in the...September. Prairie chickens need a landscape...as natural prairie ...

Article: Return of the CHICKENS; Prairie chickens were a favorite of Minnesota hunters before their numbers plummeted. Now Minnesota is seeking a limited hunting season.(SPORTS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ......nearly 330,000 prairie chickens - about the number...farmed cropland, prairie chicken numbers plummeted...limited five-day prairie chicken hunting season...to shoot two prairie chickens. They are a game...the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society are ...

Article: CHICKEN DANCING NATURE LOVERS ROLL OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING TO WATCH PRAIRIE CHICKENS STRUT THE STUFF OF LOVE.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)(Colorado Critters Page)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 6, 1996 ;     700+ words ......to watch the prairie chickens do their dance...the Greater Prairie Chicken. Last weekend...battle. It's the prairie chickens, however, that...never seen prairie chickens, so that's...once-endangered Greater Prairie Chicken, which numbered...to see the ...

Article: Prairie chicken hunt celebrates bird's Minnesota restoration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......career to the prairie chicken, studying the...research on prairie chickens. Today, Svedarsky...those days, prairie chickens were a food...in lots of prairie chicken hunts as a...wagonload of prairie chickens and park in...the Minnesota Prairie ...

Article: Prairie chickens could find new life
Courier News (Elgin, IL);  July 17, 2006 ;     560 words ......self-sustaining prairie chicken population...Illinois' total prairie chicken population...remaining prairie chicken population...reality. The prairie chicken, a member...had as many prairie chickens as we ever...far from Prairie Ridge. We...would ...

Article: `Extinction vortex' charted in prairie chicken Isolated Illinois groups reveal inbreeding dangers before being revived
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the greater prairie chickens that once covered...case of the prairie chicken, said Alan...studied the prairie chicken, Tympanuchus...the Illinois prairie chicken, he said, was...heart of the prairie chickens' range had...hunting of the prairie ...

Article: 'Prairie Chicken Fest'\
Post-Tribune (IN);  February 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......season of the prairie chicken, the third annual "Prairie Chicken Festival" will...Simpson leaves a prairie chicken blind at the...staged by male prairie chickens -- will need...including prairie chickens, were measured...the Greater Prairie ...

Article: Return of Prairie Chickens Hailed in Midwest
NPR All Things Considered;  May 23, 2006 ;     559 words ......05-23-2006 Return of Prairie Chickens Hailed in Midwest Host...actually, the greater prairie chicken. Its mating season for...last couple of weeks the prairie chickens mating dance has been...native species like the prairie chicken. But the land also provides...ZIEGLER: ...

Article: Beware of prairie chicken.(SPORTS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 14, 2004 ;     343 words ......there it was: A prairie chicken chasing cars and...and watched the prairie chicken with the bad habits...ere's plenty of prime prairie chicken habitat nearby...mating season for prairie chickens is just beginning...of females. Male prairie chickens get ...