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Sierra Club Presentation: Preserving the Greater Prairie Chicken

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Preserving an icon of the Tallgrass Prairie– a program to restore the Greater Prairie Chicken in Missouri and Iowa

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the Kanza Group presents this program on efforts to preserve the Greater Prairie Chicken (GPC), a major indicator species in the Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem, whose numbers are declining throughout its range due to lose of habitat. The MDC has partnered with The Nature Conservancy, private landowners, and the Iowa DNR to increase the population of the GPC in northern Missouri and southern Iowa for several years. Activities include habitat restoration, transplanting birds from neighboring states, and monitoring bird locations with radio collars.

Presenter: Stephen Buback, Natural History Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)

Time/Date: Tuesday October 14 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Place: Overland Park Lutheran Church, 7810 West 79th, Overland Park