• Not only has it recovered creatures such as the peregrine falcon, bald eagle, gray whale and brown pelican, but it has brought back from the brink many more, including the black-footed ferret, the California condor and the Florida manatee.

• The Black-footed ferret is a member of the weasel family.

• The Black-footed Ferret once inhabited extensive areas of the Great Plains ranging from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains east to Nebraska and from southern Canada south to Texas.