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NEWS RELEASE For immediate release
August 14, 2017 Contact
Chris Parish, The Peregrine Fund, (928) 606-5155
Jeff Humphrey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (602) 242-0210 Nathan Gonzales, Arizona Game and Fish Department, (623) 236-7203 Rachel Carnahan, Bureau of Land Management, (435) 688-3303 Kirby Shedlowski, Grand Canyon National Park, (928) 638-7779 Mark Hadley, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, (801) 538-4737 Jackie Banks,
Kaibab National Forest, (928) 635-8314 Public invited to release of California Condors on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument VERMILION CLIFFS, Ariz. – California Condors will be released to the wild in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. The public is welcome to observe the release from
a viewing area where spotting scopes will be set up and project personnel will be available to answer questions. The release coincides with National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance America’s public lands. National Public Lands Day involves the U.S. Bureau of Land Management
and other federal agencies, along with state and local governments and private groups.
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Driving directions: Take Highway 89A from Kanab or Page to the Vermilion Cliffs (from Flagstaff take Highway 89 to Highway 89A). Turn north onto BLM Road 1065 (a dirt road next to the small house just east of the Kaibab
Plateau) and continue almost 3 miles.
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Bring: Spotting scope or binoculars, sunscreen, water, snack, chair and layered clothing
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Details: Informational kiosk, shade structure, and restroom at the site. This will be the 21st annual public release of condors in Arizona since the condor recovery program began in 1996. Condors are hatched and reared in captivity at The Peregrine Fund’s World Center for
Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, and transported to Arizona for release to the wild. Condors also come to the release site from the Oregon Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, and San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
As of June 30, there were 74 condors in the wild in the rugged canyon country of northern Arizona and southern Utah. The world’s total population of endangered California Condors numbers over 450 individuals, with
more than half flying in the wilds of Arizona, Utah, California, and Mexico. The historical California Condor population declined to just 22 individuals in the 1980s when the program was initiated to save the species from extinction. The Arizona-Utah recovery effort is a cooperative program by federal, state, and private partners, including The Peregrine Fund, Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land
Management’s Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Grand Canyon and Zion national parks, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, and Kaibab and Dixie national forests among many other supporting groups and individuals. For more information about California Condors in Arizona: http://www.peregrinefund.org/condor This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. To manage your subscription visit http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription.shtml |
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2017 21st Annual Public Condor Release 30 Sep 17_Final.doc
Description: 2017 21st Annual Public Condor Release 30 Sep 17_Final.doc
