MON: Oil industry prepares for restrictions to conserve rare bird, + More

Lesser prairie chickens once numbered in the thousands throughout the American West, thriving on the prairie lands of eastern New Mexico and the American West. But in recent years, the chicken's numbers declined amid growing development in the oil and gas and agriculture sectors throughout the region and conservationists worried the unique bird could be in danger of extinction.

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