Conservation groups appeal lesser prairie chicken’s loss of protection

An undated photo of a lesser prairie chicken, which lives in the grasslands of the Great Plains in New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas. Conservation groups are looking to overturn an August decision to strip federal protections from the chicken in a federal appeals court. PATRICIA ZENONE/USFWS via STATES NEWSROOM
BY DANIELLE PROKOPStates Newsroom Conservation groups want a Texas court to overturn the recent gutting of federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, a near-flightless…
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