Tag: greater prairie chicken

August 18, 2017

Greater prairie chicken nests unaffected by wind energy development

As the wide-open landscapes that greater prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) occupy are increasingly eyed by energy companies for oil and gas, solar and wind facilities, biologists are taking a look...

March 13, 2017

Illinois prairie chickens could disappear without more sustained management

After agricultural and urban expansion fragmented the habitat of the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in Illinois and pushed it to the brink of disappearing from the state, translocations...