The plight of the greater prairie chicken in Wisconsin appears set to take a turn for the worse. As a longtime advocate for the native bird, that's a hard statement for me to write. And although it ...

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation dropped its appeal against the Vista Sands Solar project after reaching an agreement with the developers. The agreement includes Vista Sands setting aside 750 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A greater prairie chicken on the prairie. (Photo by USFWS) An alliance of hunters, birdwatchers, and public land advocates in ...

A final Environmental Impact Statement on a proposed solar farm in Portage County makes clear current plans for the development are likely to negatively affect Wisconsin's largest remaining population ...

A U.S. District judge on Aug. 12 ruled in favor of Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, finding that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service committed a “foundational error” when it declared the prairie-chicken ...

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species. Difficult to distinguish by their physical appearance alone, some scientists have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. POYNETTE − The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and Vista Sands Solar have reached an agreement that should allow the planned Portage ...