Federal regulators have removed environmental protections for the lesser prairie chicken following a court ruling last summer, a decision environmentalists said would eliminate the birds’ safeguards against oil and gas development.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also rescinded a separate rule for threatened species that applied to Kansas and several other states that incentivized conservation and streamlined the regulatory process for minor impacts on the species.
"It’s shameful that the Trump administration sees fit to sacrifice these magnificent birds for oil and gas . . .
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