FWS Removes Prairie Chicken From Endangered Species List

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the lesser prairie chicken from the list of endangered and threatened species, in a final rule that takes effect July 20 (here). The southern Plains native had only been listed as threatened and subject to additional import and export restrictions since 2014. An oil industry association and several New Mexico counties successfully petitioned a federal court for an order to delist the species.