The major issue is how close solar array panels should be allowed to the habitat and breeding ... Cupido Pinnatus (the Latin name for greater prairie chickens) and 4,500 acres by the Dane County ...
Construction of any of these structures results in a much greater loss of habitat than from the immediate physical footprint. Prairie chickens are also threatened by higher temperatures due to ...
According to Charlotte Roy, a grouse research scientist for the DNR in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, sharptails are moving south into prairie chicken range with greater frequency. Why this is happening ...