Dead Of Winter Knowledge Quest. Lesser Prairie-chicken: Fighting to Keep this Species in Colorado

The lesser prairie-chicken is an icon of Colorado’s southeastern prairies.  Due to a long list of environmental and anthropogenic factors, they nearly become extirpated in extreme southeast Colorado and southwestern Kansas, in an area that was considered one of the species’ core areas.  Additional threats are on the horizon, making their future unclear. How are wildlife managers fighting to bring back this species in southeast Colorado?

Jonathan Reitz is a Wildlife Biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Lamar, CO.  He has been working on lesser prairie-chicken conservation since 2006.  Jonathan helps manage, research, and conserve a long list of big game, small game, and threatened/endangered species in southeast Colorado. He was also one of one of the keynote speakers at the 2023 Lamar CFO Convention.

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