President Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican-sponsored bill to remove federal protections for an endangered species that has seen its population decline for years: the lesser prairie chicken. species is an important measure of the overall health of America’s grasslands,” the White House wrote in a veto statement about the prairie bird. The lesser prairie chicken is a member of the grouse family found in parts of the Midwest and Southwest, including the oil-rich Permian Basin of New Mexico and Texas. The bird’s range also extends into parts of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Environmentalists have long sought stronger federal protections for the prairie bird, which they see as critically endangered by oil and gas development, livestock grazing and farming, along with roads and electricity. lines. Republicans say the protections for the lesser prairie chicken will disrupt US oil and gas production and endanger thousands of American jobs.
WASHINGTON —
President Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican-sponsored bill to remove federal protections for an endangered species that has seen its population plummet for years: the lesser prairie chicken.
“The lesser prairie-chicken serves as an indicator for healthy grasslands and grasslands, making the species an important indicator of the overall health of America’s grasslands,” the White House wrote in a statement on veto about the prairie bird.
The lesser prairie chicken is a member of the grouse family found in parts of the Midwest and Southwest, including the oil-rich Permian Basin of New Mexico and Texas. The bird’s range also extends into parts of Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Environmentalists have long sought stronger federal protections for the prairie bird, which they consider critically endangered due to oil and gas development, livestock grazing and farming, along with roads and lines. of electricity.
Republicans say the protections for the lesser prairie chicken will disrupt US oil and gas production and endanger thousands of American jobs.
