FILE - A lesser prairie chicken is seen amid the bird’s annual mating ritual near Milnesand, N.M., on April 8, 2021. A lawsuit filed Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, by the Center for Biological Diversity says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is nearly five months late in releasing a final rule outlining protections for the lesser prairie chicken. (Adrian Hedden/Carlsbad Current Argus via AP, File) Adrian Hedden
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An environmental group is suing U.S. wildlife managers, saying they have failed to protect a…
