USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring prairie chicken populations to an annual average of 67,000 birds over the next 10 years.

USFWS也设定了一个中期目标，即在未来十年，将小草原松鸡的数量恢复到平均每年67,000只的水平。

The fat woman brought her a cup of hot prairie- chicken broth.

胖女人给她端来一杯热腾腾的草原鸡汤。

She wanted to hide and be still in the tall grass, like a little prairie chicken.

她想躲在高高的草丛中，像只小草原鸡一样不动。

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

“小草原鸡正处于绝望的境地，”美国鱼类和野生动物管理局局长丹尼尔·阿什说。

Rabbits were everywhere in the grass, and thousands of prairie chickens, but Jack could not hunt his breakfast that day.

草地上到处都是兔子， 还有成千上万只草原鸡，但杰克那天没能吃到早餐。

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.

特别地，他们呼吁联邦政府与西部各州政府进行更紧密的合作，因为这些州政府常常对联邦政府的举措感到不安。同时联邦政府也要和土地所有者进行紧密合作，这些人控制着约95%的小草原松鸡栖息地。

In the tall grass they lay still as mice and watched flocks of little prairie chickens running and pecking around their anxiously clucking, smooth brown mothers.

在高高的草丛中，他们像老鼠一样静静地躺着，看着成群的草原小鸡在焦急地咯咯叫着、皮肤光滑的棕色妈妈身边跑来跑去啄食。

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 gray landscape of the midwestern and southwestern United States.

生物学家估计美国中西部和西南部的广袤草原上曾生活着多达200万只的小草原松鸡，这些红色的小草原松鸡为灰蒙蒙的草原风貌增添了几分红艳。

The fund will also be used to compensate landowners who set aside habitat, USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring prairie chicken populations to an annual average of 67,000 birds over the next 10 years.

该基金也会被用于补偿那些主动留出栖息地的土地所有者。USFWS也设定了一个中期目标，即在未来十年，将小草原松鸡的数量恢复到平均每年67，000只的水平。

Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowner 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，根据一项计划，该管理局称其不会起诉那些非故意地杀死、伤害或干扰小草原松鸡的土地所有者或企业，前提是他们已经签署了一项覆盖全部栖息地的管理计划来修复小草原松鸡的栖息地。

The crash was a major reason the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decided to formally list the bird as threatened. " The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation, " said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe. Some environmentalists, however, were disappointed.

这种急剧下降是美国鱼类和野生动物管理局（USFWS）决定正式将该鸟类列为受威胁物种的主要原因。 " 小草原榛鸡处于危急状态，" USFWS局长丹尼尔•阿什说道。 然而一些环保人士对此感到失望。