This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
MDC field guide explicitly classifies it "Nongame.Fewer than 25 birds remain in isolated populations in northwest and west-central Missouri." Endangered within Missouri, species of conservation concern; no hunting season exists.
Greater prairie-chicken is state-endangered in Missouri with fewer than 25 birds remaining statewide (per MDC's own field guide) and no hunting season exists. Despite the closed status, the population's location is precisely, actively tracked: MDC, Iowa DNR, and The Nature Conservancy jointly run an annual spring lek survey (March 20–April 20, route-based plus blitz-style) across two disjunct areas rather than one contiguous range. The regions below describe where the surviving population is being monitored and restored, not a hunting destination.
State-endangered (fewer than 25 birds remaining, isolated northwest/west-central populations) and not hunted, but MDC and Iowa DNR jointly run an active annual spring lek survey (March 20-April 20, route-based + blitz-style, with Missouri Master Naturalists-KC volunteer participation), with active monitoring continuing despite the closed status. No 2026 edition/count has been confirmed; population reported still declining relative to a 2017 restoration-effort baseline.
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