This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Season remains closed statewide; the Southwest Prairie Chicken Unit (its range) is closed to all prairie-chicken hunting. KDWP states plainly: "The lesser prairie-chicken season remains closed."
Two overlapping programs, neither with a confirmed 2026 edition: KDWP's own spring lek-count routes (14 within lesser prairie-chicken range + 3 overlap, same survey as greater prairie-chicken) and the separate multi-state WAFWA aerial survey (helicopter-based, spring fieldwork through mid-May across KS/OK/TX/NM/CO). WAFWA's own document library (wafwa.org, fetched directly 2026-08-19) lists no report newer than the "2012-2022" edition posted October 2022, though a January 2026-dated survey-protocol PDF confirms the aerial-survey program is still active. Same "active monitoring, no dated report" pattern as greater prairie-chicken — not no_program, since both instruments are real and ongoing. Note: the season itself remains closed statewide, independent of this outlook question.