Hutchinson – On Wednesday a federal judge vacated the ‘threatened’ listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken due to a power-hungry move by the Fish and Wildlife Service that ignored the law and the voluntary conservation efforts and state and local conservation efforts.

Huelskamp issued the following statement:

“In countless efforts my office made to oppose this listing and protect Kansas farmers and ranchers, I always maintained that the Lesser Prairie Chicken would recover as the drought abated and we continued our voluntary conservation efforts. Today, a federal judge agreed that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ignored the law and never performed a valid analysis to demonstrate otherwise.”