October 18, 2021 Environmental

Proposed Listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Could Impact Energy Development

The lesser prairie-chicken resides in the plains of southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and throughout the sandhills of the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico. This stocky game bird, with a round body and small head, lives in the fragmented areas of shrub-mixed grass, short-grass and mixed-grass prairie habitats between wheat fields and rangeland. Unfortunately, noise pollution from surrounding area development projects can interfere with the lesser prairie-chicken’s mating rituals as males gather on “booming grounds” and make hollow gobbling sounds to attract females.

Proposed Listing of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Could Impact Energy Development

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