Ferret’s habitat part of land lease auctioned for oil and gas exploration
Published May 13th, 2006
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Habitat for one of the rarest mammals in North America was among nearly 155,000 acres of federal land in Colorado leased Thursday for energy development.
The state office of the Bureau of Land Management sold oil and gas leases on about 13,902 acres in northwest Colorado, where black-footed ferrets have been released to restore the animal to the state.
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