Wild fires in California condor habitat make news for many reasons.
To provide some perspective on humans’ concerns about wild fires and condors, here is a look at how newspapers have reported on fires and condors.
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A bird’s perspective
To tell the story of the California condor, some authors have stepped into the mind of a bird. This post looks at 5 examples.
The National Audubon Society’s 1976 symposium
On 23 October 1976, the National Audubon Society held its Symposium on the California Condor in San Rafael, California. The speakers included representatives from Audubon and from state and federal government agencies. In this post I offer a brief report based on the published proceedings of the symposium.
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Status codes
To describe the state of an endangered species – its population size, likelihood of extinction, and so on – some authors give pages of details, some offer a straightforward sentence or two, and some provide codes. This post considers status codes assigned to the California condor beginning in the 1960s.
Penalties
What is the penalty for harming a California condor?
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