The May membership meeting for the Geary County Fish & Game Association will include a program by Mike Houck, Threatened and Endangered Species Biologist at Fort Riley, who will provide an uypdate on the status of the Greater Prairie Chicken on Fort Riley property.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13th, at Sportsman’s Acres.

Fort Riley has extensively monitored the Greater Prairie Chicken and has harvest data since 1970. The Post also has elk survey data from the 1980’s and has conducted in-depth monitoring projects in 2005 and has one in progress this year. He will also discuss other game species such as elk, deer, quail and turkey, and their management plans for those species.

Houck will also provide an update on Fort Riley’s web based outdoor recreation site ( fortrileyisportsman.net).