Conservation Strategy

for the Greater Prairie-Chicken

and the Plains and Prairie Subspecies

of Sharp-tailed Grouse

June 30, 2022

Developed by the Greater-Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse Interstate Work Group

The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) and the North American Grouse Partnership helped coordinate the 14 state wildlife agencies participating in the project. The species conservation plan which is the subject of this report has been financed, in part, with federal funds from the Fish and Wildlife Service, a division of the United States Department of Interior, and administered by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration grant W-113-C-1). The contents and opinions, however, do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Interior or the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

This project drew together wildlife biologists from each of the participating 14 state wildlife agencies, plus representatives from USFWS Ecological Services and the USFWS Habitat and Population Evaluation Team. The methodology and results were developed through an iterative process of exploring situations and conditions in each state and working together to identify a conservation strategy to conserve and restore grassland habitats critical to prairie grouse and many other species.