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Sara Rubin here, planning to go for a hike today in the Santa Lucia Mountains and, as always, will keep my eyes peeled for California condors.…
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To save condors, conservation biologists take on a new role of advocating for easier access to ammo.
It’s within the 60-plus-year lifespan of a California condor that the entire species was on the brink of extinction.
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 …
The year 2024 is shaping up to be the best year for California condors since the critically endangered species clawed back from the brink in t…
Until recently, it’s been a tough few years for California condors. The Dolan Fire, which burned over 128,000 acres in Big Sur in 2020, caused…
On March 9, staff at The Peregrine Fund, a nonprofit that manages the California condor flock in Arizona and Utah, observed a condor showing s…