Article: Prairie Chicken Numbers are Critical

Article: Texas Tech-area prairie chickens an endangered ...
University Wire;  February 24, 2005 ;     553 words ... ... Although they carry a similar name, prairie chickens, unique animals found near the Lubbock ... has done research on lesser and attwater prairie chickens since 1975. Prairie chickens are an endangered species and thrive only ...

Article: Fate of lesser prairie chickens tied to habitat.
The Hays Daily News (Hays, KS);  December 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... said. Kansas has two species of prairie chickens, the greater and the lesser. Lesser prairie chickens are generally in an area of southwest ... central Kansas, while greater prairie chickens are best known in the Flint Hills ...

Article: Return of the CHICKENS; Prairie chickens were a ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... delighted to discover flocks of tasty prairie chickens on the state's southern boundaries. The prairie chickens likewise found the settlers' rudimentary ... hunters killed nearly 330,000 prairie chickens - about the number of pheasants ...

Article: PRAIRIE CHICKENS GET NEW DANCE PARTNERS MINNESOTA ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  April 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... in the central part of Wisconsin. Prairie chickens need large expanses of short grass ... brush and trees. The number of male prairie chickens observed on booming grounds last spring ... direction of John Toepfer, live-trapped prairie chickens in Minnesota and released them in ...

Article: Survey for reticuloendotheliosis viruses in wild populations of ...
Wilson Bulletin;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... in captive Greater and Attwater's prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus and ... the serious effects of RE on captive prairie-chickens (Drew et al. 1998), it is important ... for the presence of the disease in prairie-chickens across their range using samples collected ...

Article: Nesting ecology and reproductive success of Lesser ...
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Lesser Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ... Taylor and Guthery 1980). Lesser Prairie-Chickens occupy six of 12 counties believed ... nesting and brood ecology of Lesser Prairie-Chickens is critical for managing habitats ...

Transcript: Return of Prairie Chickens Hailed in Midwest
NPR All Things Considered;  May 23, 2006 ;     671 words ... ... Considered 05-23-2006 Return of Prairie Chickens Hailed in Midwest Host: MELISSA BLOCK ... over the last couple of weeks the prairie chickens mating dance has been taking place ... Conservancy, explains that the greater prairie chickens need the short grasses for mating ...