EAGLE LAKE - For a football-size bird with a goofy build, the Attwater prairie chicken flies with astounding grace. As it soars over a late-summer field green with blue stem, yellow Indian and ...

The less restrictive threatened designation allows oil, gas, wind power, agriculture and other industries to kill up to 1,300 prairie chickens annually in the five states where the prairie chicken ...

Spectators flock to our region from around the world each Spring for a chance to see the mating dance of an Attwater prairie chicken, a critically endangered species. Glimpse one through a ...

This report by CBS4's Paul Day originally aired in 2010. It was featured again in April 2011 on the CBS4 program Colorado Getaways. WRAY, Colo. (CBS4) - The dance of the Greater Prairie Chicken ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to get a native species of bird on a "threatened species" list. Green Country researchers have played a big part in that effort. Don Wolfe is a senior ...

Critters In Pursuit of Texas’s Rarest Bird, the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken Fewer than 200 of the birds remain in the wild. Every spring, they put on a vibrant mating display.

Bird is the Word: The debate over ... We get to the heart of the issue, discussing the plight of the lesser prairie-chicken—and what it means for you. Skip to content. NOWCAST KMBC 9 News at 6PM.

It’s a display that almost disappeared decades ago when the greater prairie chicken population in Colorado dropped to just 600 birds. But the town of Wray wasn’t ready to give up.

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNW) – Kansas has officially entered a lawsuit over the rare lesser prairie chicken. The bird can be found in the western part of the state. In November, the U.S. Fish and ...