Kansas Project
Lesser prairie-chicken and grassland response to intensive wildfire in the mixed-grass prairie
August 2017 - September 2020
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- LPCI
- Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism
The occurrence of wide-spread, intensive wildfires is increasing in the range of the lesser prairie-chicken. These fires may affect population demography of lesser prairie-chickens. Documenting the population response to intensive wildfires is important for developing conservation strategies. Mitigation of wildfire effects can be developed once effects are measured. This research is a collaborative effort among the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, and NRCS Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative. Lesser prairie-chickens avoid areas affected by wildlife for at least 3 years post-fire. However, annual survival and nest success are not affected.
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Parker, N.J., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, K.A. Fricke, and C.A. Hagen. 2019. Lesser prairie-chicken and grassland response following intense wildfire in Kansas. 33rd Biennial Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. | October 2019 |
| Parker, N.J., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, K.A. Fricke, and C.A. Hagen. 2019. Rising from the ashes? Lesser prairie-chicken and grassland response to intense wildfire in Kansas. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Reno, Nevada. | September 2019 |
| Parker, N.J., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, K.A. Fricke, and C.A. Hagen. 2020. Effects of a megafire on lesser prairie-chickens in the mixed-grass prairie. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Louisville, Kentucky. | September 2020 |
| Parker, N.J., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, K.A. Fricke, and C.A. Hagen. 2020. Influence of a megafire on lesser prairie-chicken habitat use and quality in the Mixed-Grass Prairie. Kansas Natural Resource Conference, Manhattan, Kansas. | January 2020 |
| Sirch, M., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, and J.D. Kraft. 2018. Lesser prairie-chicken response to intensive wildfire: one year post wildfire. Annual Meeting of the Kansas Ornithological Society, Lawrence, Kansas. | October 2018 |
| Sirch, M.S., D.S. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, and J. Kraft. 2019. Influence of burn severity on tree mortality and lesser prairie-chicken habitat in the mixed-grass prairie. Kansas Natural Resource Conference, Manhattan, Kansas. | January 2019 |