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Species Description and Location: Coming Soon
Block Clearance Maps:
The Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, finalized the 1992 recommendations for block clearing along the Front Range and added Yuma county to the block cleared area. Boundaries for some Front Range counties are not well defined on east and west sides. For more on the information presented in these maps, please contact the Colorado
Ecological Services Field Office at 303-236-4773.
Black-Footed Ferret Fact Sheet
Photographs: Black-Footed Ferret Release Photos at Coyote Basin Utah
Black-Footed Ferret Photos by Charlene Bessken
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Recent Actions: The Service reintroduced ferrets to Logan County, Kansas in December 2008.
- Press release: December 20, 2007
- Questions and Answers
The Service proposes to reintroduce black-footed ferrets in Logan County, Kansas. The primary objections of the proposed action are to experiment with reintroduction of ferrets into much smaller prairie dog colonies than has traditionally been attempted; and to attempt to establish a self‑sustaining population outside the known active occurrence of sylvatic plague.
- Federal Register Notice: Draft Environmental Assessment and Receipt of Application for a Permit Associated with the Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets
- Press Release: October 19, 2007 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Opinion on Draft Environment Assessment for Reintroduction of Black Footed Ferrets in Logan County, Kansas
- Environmental Assessment
- Biological Opinion
- Permit Application
- Public Comments Mailbox
Reviews: Peer Review for Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation
On July 7, 2005, the Service initiation of a 5-year review of Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) and Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus). We are soliciting comments and new information on the status of these species. Comments on this review should be received no later than September 6, 2005. Initiation of 5-year Review of Pallid Sturgeon and Black-Footed Ferret
South Dakota: Proposed Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-Footed Ferrets in North-Central and South-Central South Dakota
- Federal Register Notice: September 11, 2002 Proposed Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-Footed Ferrets in South-Central South Dakota
- Press Release: September 11, 2002 Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets Being Considered on Rosebud Sioux Reservation
- Questions and Answers about the Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets in South-Central South Dakota
- Federal Register Notice: July 18, 2000 Proposed Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Black-Footed Ferrets in North-Central South Dakota
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Questions and Answers About the Reintroduction of Black-Footed Ferrets in North-Central South Dakota
Mexico: Endangered black-footed ferrets return to Mexico
- Press Release: September 8, 2001 Endangered Black-Footed Ferrets Return to Mexico
- Press Release: September 7, 2001 Wildlife Agencies Work Together to Release Black-Footed Ferrets in Colorado
- Press Release: October 2, 2001 DOI News: Endangered Black-Footed Ferrets Return to Mexico
