Prairie chickens move to Wisconsin
MINNEAPOLIS — A four-year project to transplant rare prairie chickens from northwestern Minnesota to central Wisconsin has wrapped up with the transport of the final five birds.
The nonprofit Nature Conservancy says the project has moved just over 100 birds from Minnesota to Buena Vista Marsh in central Wisconsin. Most of the birds came from the conservancy’s 24,000-acre Glacial Ridge Project in northwestern Minnesota.
Wisconsin’s prairie chicken population is in danger of collapsing due to loss of grassland habitat and declining genetic diversity. The final birds were delivered Oct. 2.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provided most of the funding for the transfers.
Oct 11, 2009 at 5:57 p.m.
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Hey beeferer that recipe will work with good old fashioned chicken no need to hunt wild prarie chickens
Oct 11, 2009 at 3:23 p.m.
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I remember when they brought back wild turkeys. It seems to me that reintroducing native species isn't such a bad thing in the long run. Yes, it cost some money, but someone might be able to hunt them someday because they made an effort. If the DNR didn't work to establish fish, all we'd have left is invasive species like carp. Stocking pheasants you can argue the merits of, but prarie chickens were part of the history of Wisconsin. Pheasants are chinese, and we spend a lot more money turning those loose when they aren't even native.
Oct 11, 2009 at 1:18 p.m.
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Truth: That is hilarious!!!
Oct 11, 2009 at 11:11 a.m.
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This was a project through the State Wildlife Grants program, which is mostly federal money designated by Congress for wildlife restoration supplemented by some donations. The typical annual budget is $1 million to $1.5 million, for all grants.
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/swg/index....
Oct 11, 2009 at 9:01 a.m.
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Here's a great recipe for prairie chicken stew: http://www.jfolse.com/recipes/poultry/ch...
Oct 10, 2009 at 1:32 p.m.
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Can we hunt them?
Oct 10, 2009 at 1:14 p.m.
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A four year project to transport 100 chickens paid for by DNR. So how many billions did this cost?
Oct 10, 2009 at 1:08 p.m.
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Great, Prarie Chickens are a Hmong friends
Oct 10, 2009 at 12:31 p.m.
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More homeless refugees forcibly relocated – why won’t the UN do something?!!
Oct 10, 2009 at 10:57 a.m.
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HEADLINE: "PEOPLE WITH FIELD GRASS PHOBIA MOVE TO WISCONSIN!"
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