WASHINGTON (KSNW) -- Kansas' representatives in Congress have introduced legislation to delist the lesser prairie chicken from the threatened and endangered species list and to prohibit it from ever being placed on the list again. The lesser prairie chicken is a type of grouse divided into two distinct population groups: the northern, which lives in grasslands in Kansas and Colorado, western Oklahoma, the north Texas panhandle, and the southern, found in the southwest Texas panhandle and New Mexico. The southern is currently listed as endangered while the northern is on the threatened. For two decades, the Fish and Wildlife Service has worked with landowners voluntarily to help maintain the lesser prairie chicken's habitat. City approves medical testing funds for 29th and Grove contamination site On Tuesday, Representative Tracy Mann, Senator Roger Marshall, and Representatives Derek Schmidt and Ron Estes introduced a resolution to remove the bird from the Endangered Species Act, which would bar it from ever being placed on the list of threatened species ever again. The bird's native habitat includes ranch, farmland, and areas above potential oil and gas pockets. In 2023, Kansas threatened to sue over the bird's listing. The Biden Administration also vetoed several bills that attempted to delist the birds.