Swift foxes to be reintroduced to Fort Belknap area

Swift foxes, an animal that has been absent from the Fort Belknap area for many years, is set to be reintroduced to the area via a project by the Smithsonian Biology Conservation Institute in conjunction with the Fort Belknap Indian Community.

The team is holding a Zoom meeting Tuesday about the project for the Fort Belknap Indian Community.

Hila Shamon, a research biologist at the institute, which has been involved with a number of similar reintroductions, is leading the project, which she said, requires extensive planning, evaluating the area’s prey availability, threats, the condition of th...