Kansas boasts some of the best upland bird populations in the world. In fact, the largest concentrations of both lesser and greater prairie chickens are found in Kansas. Bobwhite quail still thrive ...

Lesser prairie chickens have lost most of their habitat. The lesser prairie chicken is threatened in its northern range, which includes Kansas and Oklahoma, and endangered in its southern range.

PRATT, Kan. (WIBW) - The 2023 Kansas Upland Game Bird Forecast predicts a low chance of success for those who have their sites set on pheasants, however, quail and greater prairie chickens should be ...

The lesser prairie chicken’s protected status is for the birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued its final decision Wednesday to strip Endangered Species Act protections from the fowl. It may ...

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and ...