Kansas Prairie Chickens fly To Illinois

Bleu, it would be nice to know if this was a PR project or not. If it is, this reporter has failed to do his/her homework and the general tax payer in Illinois is paying NOTHING toward this project. I just despise reporters that are more concerned about MAKING the news than REPORTING it! The article does a great disservice to both agencies, the project, and the sportsmen that support it.
 
Agreed! I do not know how Illinois game and fish operates or how it is funded. Maybe the reporter doesn't know as well.......
 
Wow! It would probably be nice to have chicken in Ill but with finances as reported they are I would think it could wait until better times. But it is the news!
 
You would think they could cut that cost down by a lot. Man power can be had cheap with cooperation from various non profit org's. I know they want to get them and release them as soon as possible. I think if it was well coordinated and thought out better costs could be lower. There are a lot of variables however. maybe could of fund raised for a couple years before hand. If it works it will be worth it. I just had no idea Illinois had that many chickens in the past (14 million)
 
With the pressures on the Flint Hills prairie chickens here in Kansas due to the Early Intensive Stocking grazing systems and annual burning that is going on, I think it is wise to put some birds where they may well be insulated against any unforeseen disease or environmental disaster. Anytime you fly anything, it's going to be expensive. This is a very specialized field/project. Not just anyone can do this work. The fact that they are adapted to Illinois historically should make their success there more dependable. Populations in Kansas that are in the season-long, cow-calf grazing regions of the state are doing much better than those in the Flint Hills region.
 
Will they curb the early PC season? We should have a good crop of Blue Grouse this year.
 
We need to send some to Oklahoma Prairie, I will gladly keep track of the progress.o
 
Okie, I don't know Oklahoma well, but a lot of their former range is covered in cedars right now. There could be a big increase in chickens in Oklahoma if that were addressed. The same is true in Kansas. If you run up the turnpike, much of the northern acres are also cedar forests. The southern parts are burned annually and there is no nesting cover for miles and miles. We need a shift in the grazing paradygm!
 
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