LPCI succeeds through…
Win-win conservation. If it’s good for the bird, it’s good for the herd. With LPCI technical and financial assistance, landowners can improve habitat for both prairie-chickens and livestock, boosting ranch sustainability. LEARN MORE
Providing predictability. When you enroll land with LPCI, follow a sustainable grazing plan, and complete other conservation practices to benefit lesser prairie-chickens, you can run your ranch without fear of ESA regulation. LEARN MORE
Collaboration and partnership. More than 25 agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private businesses have pooled resources and know-how to conserve rural agriculture and provide habitat for native wildlife. LEARN MORE
Science-based action. How do we know if our range management strategies are working? LPCI-funded research ensures we’re doing enough of the right things in the right places to achieve our conservation goals. LEARN MORE
How does LPCI benefit lesser prairie-chickens and ranchers?
Latest News
Rangeland Science Journal Publishes Special Issue On Woody Plant Encroachment (1/12/2017) - PRESS RELEASE: This month, the Society for Range Management's scientific journal, Rangeland Ecology & Management, released a special issue focused entirely on the landscape-level threat of woody plant encroachment. Read the research reports and related Science to Solutions summaries >
Science to Solutions: Mesquite Encroachment Impacts Lesser Prairie-Chickens (1/10/2017) - PRESS RELEASE: New research study quantifies the significant impacts of honey mesquite encroachment on lesser prairie-chickens in the southern Great Plains. Read more > 
UPCOMING EVENT: Society for Range Management’s Annual Meeting, Technical Training & Trade Show (12/27/2016) - UPCOMING EVENT: The Society for Range Management annual meeting starts January 29. The meeting will include a one-day symposium showcasing research on reducing woodland expansion in the West to improve habitat for grouse. Read more here >
