Discover Oklahoma: Prairie chicken conservation focus of festival

 
BY AUSTIN TACKETT | Published: April 5, 2009   
photo - This bird is the inspiration for the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival, which will be April 17-22 in Woodward. pHOTO BY NOPPADOL PAOTHONG
This bird is the inspiration for the Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival, which will be April 17-22 in Woodward. pHOTO BY NOPPADOL PAOTHONG

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.

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Once hunted for sport, the lesser prairie chicken is now a rapidly vanishing bird found primarily in the sand hills and prairies of Western Oklahoma, as well as the Texas Panhandle and parts...
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