Bullets for smaller rimfire cartridges, like the two shown in the foreground, are much harder to source in non-lead material than larger cente…
This demonstration piece at VWS shows the difference between a copper bullet (left) and a lead bullet, with the lead fragmenting as it mushroo…
Mike Stake opens the ammunition closet at Ventana Wildlife Society’s Monterey office. Due to limited availability of rimfire, the nonprofit’s …
“I want to get to a point where we can say the population is growing on its own now,” Ventana Wildlife Society Executive Director Kelly Sorens…
There are a handful of animals in California synonymous with conservation efforts. Among them are condors, a beloved scavenger and one of the …
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Ten-year-old Condor #306, the eldest in the Pinnacles flock, had joined a Big Sur mating pair in raising her two chicks. But last June, she wa…
Ventana Wildlife Society is returning three condors sickened by lead poisoning to the Big Sur wild today, after a two-week healing stint at th…
Ventana Wildlife Society is again giving away non-lead ammunition to big-game hunters in Monterey County, just as it did last year.