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Where Prairie Chicken Roams, Businesses Brace for Effects of Ruling

This week, the lesser prairie chicken will officially be listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act — a designation likely to affect economic development, including oil and gas drilling, in the Panhandle and West Texas.

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal

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Credit: Larry Lamsa

This week, the lesser prairie chicken will officially be listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act — a designation likely to affect economic development, including oil and gas drilling, in the Panhandle and West Texas.

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