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Eudora girl becomes zookeeper for a day  -  19 Aug 2007
Lawrence Journal World,Elaney and her 8-year-old sister, Elyssa Conrad, got a surprise at the black-footed ferret habitat. “They named one after me and one after Elyssa,� Elaney

Rare black-footed ferrets make comeback  -  Aug 10, 2007
Reuters.uk,By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The black-footed ferret, once the rarest mammal in the world, has made an astonishing

Endangered ferret bounces back in Wyoming  -  Aug 10, 2007
Los Angeles Times,..."We shouldn't be giving up on things too early," said Mike Lockhart, the US Fish and Wildlife Service's black-footed ferret recovery coordinator.

Conservation Works: Falcons, Ferrets and Forests Benefit from ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
Scientific AmericanReduced to just seven individuals in 1987, North America's black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) appeared destined to disappear permanently,

Ferrets a success in conservation  -  Aug 10, 2007
Wyoming Tribune,The black-footed ferret population in Wyoming is giving the people in the Game and Fish Dept. a reason to smile. By Jennifer Frazer CHEYENNE - The

The Wildlife Society Submits Comments On Black-Tailed Prairie Dog ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
Environmental News Network (press release),BETHESDA, MA — The black-footed ferret may be the most endangered mammal in North America. The Conata Basin, in southwestern South Dakota, is currently the

Birds, Ferrets, and Forests Score Conservation Wins  -  Aug 9, 2007
Science Now,The black-footed ferret once roamed over 11 Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states, as well as parts of Canada. But expanding croplands and extermination

New research reports good environmental news for rain forests ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
International Herald Tribune,On this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the once endangered black-footed ferret is repopulating its Wyoming homeland, according to researchers led by Martin B.

Caring less could help save endangered species  -  Aug 9, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),The most endangered mammal in North America, the black-footed ferret, has taken off like a weed in southeastern Wyoming, US. This unexpected success story

Prairie dog supporters make case to federal officials  -  Jul 23, 2007
Black Hills Pioneer,She and a few other prairie dog pals and black-footed ferret friends met with Don Bright, superintendent of the Nebraska National Forest and Kevin Atchley,

Prairie dog settlement a possibility  -  Aug 16, 2007
Hays Daily News,...dogs so federal wildlife officials can reintroduce the black-footed ferret, the nation's most endangered mammal -- will make some small concessions.

Full Text  -  Aug 9, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)However, the first re-introduced population of the most endangered mammal species in North America, the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes),

Ferrets bounce back from brink of extinction in N.America  -  Aug 9, 2007
Zee News,Washington, Aug 10: North America’s most endangered mammal, the black footed ferret, has made a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction,

Senate Cap and Trade Climate Bill Floated for Comment  -  Aug 3, 2007
Environment News ServiceThe endangered black-footed ferret, for example, will go extinct without large concentrations of prairie dogs." The Service acknowledges that this species

Nation/World briefs  -  Aug 9, 2007
DetNews.com,In the United States, the once endangered black-footed ferret is repopulating its Wyoming homeland, another study found. Ford funeral costs covered: The

Zoo issues license plates  -  Aug 9, 2007
WHAS 11.com (subscription),Programs the Zoo contributes to include Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, Polar Bear International, Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program,

Critically endangered? Hah!  -  Aug 9, 2007
Journal Watch,It doesn’t get much closer to the wire than going extinct in the wild, but the black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes appears to have shrugged that off as a



Some prairie dogs being eradicated with poison  Nov 22, 2006
The Wyoming-based exterminators spread the poison on land that has been targeted for reintroduction of the federally endangered black-footed ferret - an idea ... - Kansas.com,

Signs of success in ferret population  Oct 24, 2006
...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 ... - Colorado Springs Gazette,

Birds do it, bees do it, now even black-footed ferrets do it  Oct 31, 2006
Hampton says after a reintroduction effort in northwestern Colorado, the first wild-born black-footed ferret was found by searchers in 2005, so the discovery ... - Rocky Mountain News,

Official rejects endangered species advice  Oct 30, 2006
...tailed ... > full article. Black-footed Ferret -- TThe Black-footed Ferret is a small carnivorous North American mammal. The Black ... - Science Daily (press release)

Two rare, wild-born ferrets found in state  Oct 31, 2006
...ferrets have been released in the state. Last year, searchers found the first wild-born black-footed ferret. "There's a long way to go ... - Denver Post,

Wild-born ferrets popping up after biologists' restorative efforts  Nov 1, 2006
Hampton says the first wild-born black-footed ferret was found by researchers in 2005, so the discovery of two additional wild-born ferrets is significant. ... - Rocky Mountain News,

Field notes  Nov 16, 2006
Conservation Stamp. This year’s featured species is the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes). Entries will be accepted beginning Feb. 1 ... - Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,

Latest BLM Energy Lease Sale Nets $10.3M, Protests  Nov 10, 2006
...some of the targeted sites, including land in the watersheds of Grand Junction and Palisade and habitat for the endangered black footed ferret in northwestern ... - cbs4denver.com,

Isn't 300 million people enough?  Nov 3, 2006
10,000. The black-footed ferret, another species dependent on prairie dogs, is nearly extinct, reduced to 18 individuals in 1987. ... - Denver Post,

Outdoor Calendar for Thursday, October 26, 2006  Oct 26, 2006
Nov. 1 -- Black-Footed Ferret Rediscovery event at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Tickets and information are available at www.prairiewildlife.org. - Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,

Skull-cleaning business thrives in Okla.  Oct 30, 2006
...in south Oklahoma City that will include skeletons of mammals both common and exotic, such as giraffes, whales, elephants and the endangered black-footed ferret ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer

In Our View - Bigfoot, Baloney!  Nov 8, 2006
...has taken wildlife pictures professionally for 30 years and has seen and photographed rare and furtive animals, including the black footed ferret in Montana ... - The Columbian,

Westminster woman not your average 81  Oct 30, 2006
In addition to political activism, Ms. Tarbert, a self-proclaimed animal lover, has been involved in work to protect the black-footed ferret, one of the most ... - Frederick News Post (subscription),

These Lands Are Your Lands  Oct 25, 2006
...elk, prairie dogs as well as the swift fox, the ferruginous hawk, the mountain plover, the prairie rattlesnake, the badger, the black-footed ferret, and a ... - American Spectator
Next BLM oil, gas lease sale includes ferret habitat Mar 30, 2006
...“The black-footed ferret recovery effort is just getting off the ground,� Rich Reading, head of conservation biology at the Denver Zoological Foundation ...
Longmont Daily Times-Call,

Joint efforts revive species once nearly gone Mar 29, 2006
GREEN RIVER -- Two Wyoming species, the Wyoming toad and the black-footed ferret, are on their way back from the brink of extinction, thanks largely to captive ...
Billings Gazette,

BLM offers 200K acres for lease Mar 29, 2006
Included in the sale are 20 parcels within an area used by the black-footed ferret recovery project east of Massadona, near the Moffat County-Rio Blanco County ...
Craig Daily Press,

Intervention helps save two Wyo species Mar 28, 2006
Thanks to Wyoming and its captive breeding efforts, two endangered species -- the Wyoming toad and the black-footed ferret -- have made successful comebacks ...
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,

Gas industry may crowd Bookcliffs Mar 27, 2006
Advocates of the endangered black-footed ferret have cried foul over the leasing in Moffat County in the Wolf Creek Management Area, where nearly 200 black ...
Grand Junction Sentinel,

Rocky Mountain Media Grok Mar 29, 2006
People working on projects to save the black-footed ferret and the Wyoming toad say without the Endangered Species Act, the animals might be extinct by now.
New West,

State shoulders big burden Mar 27, 2006
Listed species that inhabit Wyoming include the grizzly bear, gray wolf, bald eagle, Canada lynx, black-footed ferret, Preble's meadow jumping mouse, the ...
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,

Changes seek balance to species act Mar 27, 2006
Colorado is home to 32 threatened or endangered species, including the greenback cutthroat trout, the black-footed ferret, the Colorado butterfly plant, the ...
The Coloradoan,

Altered state Wave of growth is washing away Arizona's 'iconic' ... Mar 24, 2006
..."We're well on our way in re-establishing condors. Mexican gray wolves are back and are reproducing in the wild, and (so is) the black-footed ferret.". ...
Arizona Republic,

Longtime BLM employee retires Mar 10, 2006
...ever offered. His work as a wildlife biologist let him have "hands-on" experience with the endangered black-footed ferret. Heading ...
Craig Daily Press,

Sask. park awaits Elk Island bison Mar 12, 2006
...overhunting and habitat destruction pushed them and other prairie animals such as the swift fox, the black-tailed prairie dog and black-footed ferret to the ...
StarPhoenix,

Outdoor enthusiast trumpets the Endangered Species Act Mar 14, 2006
Dean says everything in the outdoors is related, and gives as an example the black-footed ferret, native to his home state of South Dakota. ...
Radio Iowa,

Alta. bison herd to roam free again in southern Sask. Mar 13, 2006
...but overhunting and habitat destruction pushed them and other prairie animals such as the swift fox, black-tailed prairie dog and black-footed ferret to the ...
StarPhoenix,

Zoo exotic annex may go public Mar 6, 2006
Institution. Scientists breed endangered animals such as the black-footed ferret, Eld's deer and Pacific island bird species. Many ...
Richmond Times Dispatch,

Oil and gas leasing moving too quickly Mar 12, 2006
Colorado, the BLM's field office sensibly recommended against oil and gas leasing on 20,000 acres where the endangered black-footed ferret was recently re ...
Denver Post,

Keeping grasslands intact Feb 27, 2006
...as grassland habitat declines, populations of many species that depend on grasslands have also diminished, including the black-footed ferret, mountain plover ...
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,
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