Archive for the 'Black-Footed Ferrets' Category
BLM Auction of Ferret Habitat
Friday, October 12th, 2007Energy development and environmental protection are clashing yet again, this time in Colorado, where the Bureau of Land Management yesterday auctioned 150,000 acres of turf for oil and gas development. For months now, we’ve heard noise out of the BLM that their top goal is a reorganization to create a “one stop shop” for energy [...]
Rescued Ferrets in Trouble Again
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Disease that’s afflicting their only prey, the prairie dog, is slowing their rebound in wild. WALL, S.D. — Black-footed ferrets — weasels with a burglar’s mask that were brought back after reaching the brink of extinction — are facing a new challenge from the spread of plague in prairie dogs, their only prey. The disease [...]
Signs of success in ferret population
Monday, October 30th, 2006Biologists sweeping spotlights across the sage hills of northwestern Colorado recently spotted two pairs of green, gleaming pupils that mark a turning point in the state’s black-footed ferret program. The eyes belonged to two ferrets born in the wild. Since 2001, federal and state biologists have introduced more than 200 of the prairie predators to [...]
South Dakota Stockgrowers Deny Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Recent vote supports Pennington County opposition to reintroduction of ferrets in state Rapid City ~ During their annual membership meeting held in Spearfish, S.D., September 15, 2006, the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) voted unanimously to support the Pennington County Commission’s opposition to the reintroduction of additional ferret populations in the state. SDSGA District 3 [...]
WWF: Tuesday is 25th Anniversary of Black-Footed Ferret’s Rediscovery, America’s Most Endangered Mammal
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Twenty-five years ago on Tuesday, Sept. 26, a Wyoming ranch dog brought a creature home that his owner couldn’t identify. It was a black-footed ferret, an animal that had been officially declared extinct by the federal government after the last known individual died in captivity.Today there are between 600-700 ferrets living in the wild in [...]
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