LPCI Scorecard Highlights our Successes

Since the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative first began in 2010, we’ve worked across the southern Great Plains to improve lesser prairie-chicken habitat, improve rangeland health, and build stronger farming and ranching communities, all of which has resulted in an improved outlook for the iconic bird.

In 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that putting the lesser prairie-chicken on the Endangered Species List was not warranted, but we didn’t stop working to improve the bird’s habitat. Instead, we set aggressive milestones for the conservation practices we implement with our partners and producers. Our goal was to complete or exceed each milestone by the end of fiscal year 2018.

Despite our work (and the work of many others), threats to the bird’s long-term health still remain. These threats also impact other wildlife and even the ranchers and communities that also rely on healthy rangeland. That’s why we have continued to work with ranchers and our partners to improve lesser prairie-chicken habitat by strategically focusing our  conservation practices:

Click on the image above to read the 2018 LPCI Scorecard.