Senator Marshall Celebrates the Lesser Prairie-Chicken’s Removal from Threatened Species List

Washington –U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), released the following statement praising the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for removing the Lesser Prairie-Chicken from the federal list of threatened and endangered wildlife, undoing the previous administration’s overreach.
The Lesser Prairie-Chicken’s 2022 listing under the Endangered Species Act imposed sweeping restrictions on farmers, ranchers, and energy producers across Kansas and the surrounding region. Senator Marshall has argued the listing ignored a decade of successful voluntary conservation efforts and was driven by politics rather than science.
“This action is a win for rural America and removes the red tape that has burdened Kansas farmers, ranchers, and energy producers for too long,”said Senator Marshall.“Through voluntary effort by landowners, the Lesser Prairie-Chicken’s population has steadily increased. Today, U.S. Fish and Wildlife validated that work – and put an end to this unnecessary listing.”
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