Discover Oklahoma: Prairie chicken conservation focus of festival

 
BY AUSTIN TACKETT
Published: April 5, 2009

Spring brings out the nature lover in many people, and luckily Oklahoma is full of spring activities that get us a little closer to Mother Earth.

One such opportunity is the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival presented by the Oklahoma Audubon Council . The bird-watching event will be April 17-22 in Woodward.

Once hunted for sport, the lesser prairie chicken is now a rapidly vanishing bird found primarily in the...


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