WASHINGTON, D.C. – First District Congressman Tracy Mann expressed his concerns about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to list the lesser prairie-chicken, whose habitat includes Kansas, as threatened, and wants to tailor protections under the ESA.
“I am concerned to see the proposed rule to list the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act,” Mann said. “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service commended the voluntary efforts in Kansas, including 40,000 acres of habitat conservation, but ultimately decided that the federal government is better equipped to address these local areas.”
Over the last several years, farmers, ranchers, energy sector, and other private landowners have enacted voluntary conservation efforts, and the lesser prairie-chicken’s population has risen in Kansas according to Mann.
Mann says this is another federal overreach that will disrupt industries that are vital to the Kansas economy.
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