Spotlighting Ferrets in Utah and Colorado

In August and September 2006, Defenders' volunteers joined biologists in an overnight spotlight survey to count and "tag" black-footed ferrets that had been released in the will as part of federal efforts to recover this incredibly endangered species.

The information they collected confirmed that the captive-bred ferrets which had been released were not only surviving, but some were even reproducing in the wild!

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Jonathan Proctor spotlighting a black-footed ferret