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Personal Communications

Rurik List, Associate Researcher, Intstituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Travis Livieri, Executive Director, Prairie Wildlife Research

J. Michael Lockhart, Black-footed Ferret Recovery Coordinator, National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Centre, United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Steve Forrest, Senior Program Officer, Northern Great Plains Program, World Wildlife Fund

Paul Marinari, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Centre, United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Robert A. Sissons, Conservation Biologist, Grasslands National Park, Parks Canada Agency

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