The best bet to save the imperiled species may be a system that pays farmers and ranchers to protect its grassland home.

Discover why prairie birds are the hidden gems of the grasslands, as well as some of the best birding locations to spot them.

The mountain plover is a rare bird that makes its nesting grounds on the dryland farming ranches in this area of Colorado. Often referred to as the "ghost of the prairie," plovers blend in with ...

By the numbers: In the past 50 years, Colorado species like the mountain plover and Baird's sparrow have seen population ...

These birds require large parcels of intact native grasslands, often in excess of 20,000 acres. RANGE: Currently the lesser prairie chicken is present in southeastern Colorado, the southwestern ...

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP) DENVER (CN) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed an environmentalist group’s third lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking to block Colorado ...