endangered species act

Many of this year's top stories in ag, food and environmental law have carried over from 2024 and are likely to remain big in 2026. (UADA file photo)
Crops, Farmland, Government, Hemp, Land, Ranchland, Water

Farmland ownership, WOTUS, pesticide labeling issues among top agricultural law stories of 2025

Foreign ownership of farmland is among the biggest stories in ag in 2025, according to the National Agricultural Law Center. Read More

Lesser prairie-chicken males were out looking to attract females during a lekking April 24 on ranchland at Gardiner Angus. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
Beef, Colorado, David Murray, Kansas, Land, Livestock, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ranchland, Texas

Lesser prairie-chicken endangered status vacated

Lesser prairie-chickens during a lek in late April. (Photo courtesy of Michael Smith.)
Beef, Colorado, Cow Calf, Kansas, Land, Livestock, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ranchland, Seedstock, Soil Health, Texas

Texas court weakens federal protections for lesser prairie-chicken



U.S. Capitol Building dome in Washington DC.(Photo by Kristen Labadie, University Communication and Marketing.)

NCBA members to testifying about farm bill and other issues

  • By Hunter Ihrman │ National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Using GPS navigation to spray herbicides.(Adobe Stock │ #152478214 - orestligetka)

New herbicide information available in 2025 Chemical Weed Control guide

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Lesser prairie chicken, or Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Ryan Hagerty.)

Genomic analyses of prairie chickens cast doubt on species classifications

Summer Foilage around Lower Tahquamenon Falls river flow (Photo: iStock - JerryB7)

Water rights, law on agenda for June 13-14 Western Ag and Environmental Law Conference

  • By Drew Viguet │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Lesser prairie-chicken males were out looking to attract females during a lekking April 24 on ranchland at Gardiner Angus. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Private investment helps preserve habitat

Frosty sunflower. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Perplexity instead of certainty 

(Photo courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife.)

Lesser prairie-chicken rule upheld following veto 

Cover of the National Agricultural Law Center's Endangered Species Act manual for ag producers. (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture image.)

50-year-old Endangered Species Act finally has a manual