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Article: Ferret Restoration on Fort Belknap Reservation.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Bulletin
- Article date:
- May 1, 2000
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The Fort Belknap Indian Community has been an active participant in black-footed ferret recovery efforts since 1997, when 23 ferrets were first reintroduced on the Fort Belknap Reservation. With more than 13,000 acres (5,260 hectares) of active black-tailed prairie dog colonies, the 650,000-acre (260,000-ha) Reservation, located in north-central Montana, has some of the most suitable black-footed ferret habitat in Montana. "When you look across the West, some of the very best of the remaining black-footed ferret habitat is in Indian country," said Poncho Bigby, Director of Natural Resource Planning at Fort Belknap. The large prairie dog complexes on the reservation could ...