John Horning: A dancing bird finally gets some protection

Pump jacks and plows are the greatest threats to prairie chicken survival.

Nattapong Assalee | Istock photo Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) performing dancing or "drumming" on a lek (mating display), in northern Oklahoma.

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