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Prairie chickens listing sparks state rights clash in Kansas
Kansas farmers officials and lawmakers react as the lesser prairie chicken is listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Gov Brownback calls it federal overreach while Kansas Oklahoma lawsuits and Topeka bills push back. Midwest energy projects fear habitat rules raise costs and delay wind ventures, with conservation plans shifting from voluntary to regulatory.
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Schwerdfeger
Kansas
Kansas Natural Resource Coalition
Sam Brownback
Lesli Gray
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Oklahoma
Topeka
Senate
Stanton County
Jim Sipes
Kansas Farm Bureau
Sipes
Jim Pitman
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Federal Wildlife Service
KDWPT
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife
Pitman
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
Edward Cross
KIOGA
USFWS
Bruce Graham
Kansas Electric Cooperative
Washington
Graham
Ron Klataske
Audubon of
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services