Kansas officials oppose listing of lesser prairie chicken
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February 3, 2017
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials said relisting the lesser prairie chicken as threatened or endangered would negatively affect the state's economy and agricultural industry.
Gov. Sam Brownback, state Attorney General Derek Schmidt and state Department of Agriculture Secretary Jackie McClaskey are asking government officials to consider having Kansas landowners implement efforts to protect the lesser prairie chicken, the Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/2l17lhP ) reported.
In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the officials noted that categorizing the chicken as threatened or enda...
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