Action Items

The Lesser Prairie Chicken is back in the news again. We at the CRELA organization suggest our members respond and seek an extension of the comment period from US Fish and Wildlife Service that is proposing to list the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. This period currently ends on August 2nd. Our last opportunity to voice our concerns is at this public comment session that will be held on July 14, 2021 from 5pm to 6pm CT. That will be followed by a public hearing from 6:30pm to 8:30pm the same night. To register for this hearing, please visit:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrfu-hqzoiG9I2Yr2hqxLpPxSu9YrLZzu5.

Here is a link to give you more information:

https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=service-seeks-comment-on-proposal-to-list-the-lesser-prairie-chicken-&_ID=36914

Other Articles of Interest regarding this proposal are:

USFWS proposes ESA listing for lesser prairie chickens

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_Prairie-Chicken/lifehistory

US Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing Decision

https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pressrel/2021/04122021-USFWS-Seeks-Public-Comment-Lesser-Prairie-Chicken-Habitat-Conservation-Plan-Renewable-Energy-Development-Great-Plains.php

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989416300051

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/01/2021-11442/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-lesser-prairie-chicken-threatened-status-with-section

https://www.wildlife.k-state.edu/species/lesser-prairie-chicken/doc/2012LPCSurvey0914.pdf

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrfu-hqzoiG9I2Yr2hqxLpPxSu9YrLZzu5.

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