Greater prairie chickens cannot persist in Illinois without help, researchers report

A lack of habitat endangers greater prairie chickens’ long-term survival in Illinois, researchers report. Photo by Michael Jeffords.
A lack of habitat endangers greater prairie chickens’ long-term survival in Illinois, researchers report. Photo by Michael Jeffords.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An iconic bird whose booming mating calls once reverberated across “the Prairie State” can survive in Illinois with the help of periodic human interventions, researchers report.

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