We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are listing two Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), a grassland bird known from southeastern Colorado, western Kansas,...

This report summarizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service, we) Species Status Assessment (SSA) for the LEPC.

This document identifies survey methods that will produce sound scientific information upon which to inform (along with other relevant information) decisions and actions for the conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken (Typanuchus pallidicinctus, LEPC). Using consistent survey methodology will...