chicken简单

On a recent sunny day, 13,000 chickens roam over Larry Brown’s 40 windswept acres in Shiner, Texas.

最近一个阳光明媚的日子里，13,000只鸡在拉里·布朗位于得克萨斯州希纳的40英亩迎风土地上四处游荡。

“I’m excited about our progress,” says Brown, who harvests eggs for Denver-based NestFresh Eggs and is adding more cover crops that draw worms and crickets for the chickens to eat.

“我对我们取得的进展感到兴奋，”布朗说。他为总部位于丹佛的NestFresh鸡蛋公司收集鸡蛋，并且正在增种更多能吸引蠕虫和蟋蟀供鸡食用的覆盖作物。

Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens — a kind of bird living on stretching grasslands — once lent red to the often grey landscape of the midwestern and southwestern United States.

生物学家估计，曾有多达200万只小草原鸡——一种生活在广袤草原上的鸟类——为美国中西部和西南部常常灰蒙蒙的景观增添了红色。

“The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation,” said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe.

“小草原鸡的处境岌岌可危，”美国鱼类及野生动物管理局局长丹尼尔·阿什说。

In particular, they called for forging closer collaborations with western state governments, which are often uneasy with federal action, and with the private landowners who control an estimated 95% of the prairie chicken’s habitat.

他们尤其呼吁与西部各州政府以及私人土地所有者建立更紧密的合作——西部各州政府常常对联邦的行动感到不安，而私人土地所有者控制着估计95%的草原鸡栖息地。

Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowners or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a range-wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat.

例如，根据该计划，该机构表示不会起诉无意中杀死、伤害或惊扰这种鸟的土地所有者或企业，只要他们签署了一项旨在恢复草原鸡栖息地的全范围管理计划。