The Endangered California Condor Returns to Northern California

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The California condor is not one of nature’s cutest birds, but it is probably one of its most compelling. The largest bird in North America, the condor has a wingspan measuring nine and a half feet. It can fly at speeds up to 50 miles per hour, glide at 15,000 feet in the air without flapping, and can cover 150 miles a day. The condor once flew freely across the west, but by 1982, only 23 condors remained in existence worldwide, and by 1987, all living condors were in captive breeding programs. The success of those programs has allowed the reintroduction of the condor to the wild, and this year, the condor was reintroduced to Northern California in partnership with the federal government and partners like the Yurok Tribe. We’ll talk to experts about reintroducing a species to the wild, and hear from you: What comes to mind when you think of the California condor? Guests: Tiana Wiliams-Claussen, Director, Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department. Joe Burnett, Senior Wildlife Biologist and California Condor Recovery Program Manager, Ventana Wildlife Society. Ashleigh Blackford, California Condor Coordinator & At-Risk Species Coordinator, U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.7	Coming up on forum, the California Condor. With a nearly 10-foot wingspan, the condor is the largest bird in North America, flying at speeds of 50 miles per hour
1:03.8	and as high as 15,000 feet in the air. But for more than a century, these birds have been absent
1:10.2	from northern California. Until
1:13.1	this year, the success of captive breeding programs has allowed these birds to be reintroduced
1:18.5	to the Northern Wild and will meet the Uruk tribal members, scientists, and government workers
1:24.0	who brought them home. Join us.
1:40.9	I'm Mina Kim.
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1:47.5	Condors are flying across northern California skies again after 130 years, thanks to the work of the Urock Tribe and federal and nonprofit agencies.
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