I have just been notified that the Front Royal VA Conservation and Research Center, which has been in the forefront of the black-footed ferret reintroduction program for many years, is threatened with closing due to budget cuts. Information about the closing, which will adversely affect not only the ferret program, but many other endangered species research programs, can be found at the website for Frank R. Wolf, US House of Representatives: www.house.gov/wolf/ I hope that all members of this list will read the material which Rep. Wolf has provided, and write as he requests, to protect the Center. If you wish to contact the center, the information is: PO Box 2109, Front Royal VA 22630-2109. Tel: 540-635-6580. Diane Rogers Baltimore Ferret Club [Posted in FML issue 3397]