U. S. Representatives from Kansas has called on national leaders to help overturn the listing of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened and endangered species. Tuesday, U. S. Representative Tracey Mann says President Joe Biden vetoed “S. J. Resolution 9”, which would have nullified a rule listing the lesser prairie chicken as threatened and endangered in Kansas under the Endangered Species Act. Mann says farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers are the original conservationists, and their voluntary conservation efforts have proven to be effective in supporting the lesser prairie-chicken species population.
He added that at a time when record-breaking drought is crushing rural communities, crop production, and native grasslands, we need more rain, not more regulations. Both Mann and Senator Roger Marshall have called on their colleagues to overturn the veto. Both have helped to champion legislation that attempted to block the move:
