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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing CaliforniaCondors in the Pacific Northwest. Although sometimes thought of a bird of the Southwest, the condor’s historical range reaches as far north as British Columbia. But condors have not been in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century.
As many birders know, the last wild CaliforniaCondors were captured by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the 1980s to be part of a captive breeding program. Audubon thought there should be some wild condors to serve as “guide birds” for condors that would eventually be released from the captive breeding program.
Birders know that some of the finest birding locations in the country are on federal land , which include national parks , wildlife refuges , forests , monuments , and seashores , among others. The eleven largest national wildlife refuges are also in Alaska, including Arctic NWR and Yukon Delta NWR , each more than 19 million acres.
Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangeredspecies: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and CaliforniaCondor. This is the chapter where Osborn talks about “second chances.”
Before the EndangeredSpecies Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the EndangeredSpecies Preservation Act of 1966. endangeredspecies was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. CaliforniaCondor – Gymnogyps californianus.
such as CaliforniaCondors and Passenger Pigeons. EndangeredSpecies List, giving it free reign to wander and populate North America in ever increasing numbers, including a nest on the ledge of the U.S. Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. And grow they did.
For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the CaliforniaCondor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second. The answer sometimes result in a post.
For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the CaliforniaCondor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. The post entitled “ Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding ” is likely second. The answer sometimes result in a post.
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