Rare Ferrets Being Released At Rocky Mountain Arsenal Refuge

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) – Rare black-footed ferrets will be released Monday at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge — a milestone for the highly endangered animals and for the former toxic waste site on the industrial edge of Denver.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to turn 30 ferrets loose on the 25-square-mile refuge where chemical weapons and pesticides were once manufactured.
It became a wildlife refuge in 2010 after a $2.1 billion cleanup.
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