Yurok set to restore condors in California

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

A great example (and there are many) of a tribe restoring our natural world.

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California Condors Could Soon Soar Above the Redwoods Again Thanks to One Local Tribe

For more than a decade the Yurok Tribe has been pushing to reintroduce the culturally significant bird to Northern California. Now, supported by scientific research and a host of agencies and organizations, a plan is taking shape.

 

 

 

About Stephen Carr Hampton

Stephen Carr Hampton is an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation, an avid birder since age 7, and a former resource economist for the California Department of Fish & Game, where he worked as a tribal liaison and conducted natural resource damage assessments and oversaw environmental restoration projects after oil spills. He writes most often about Native history and contemporary issues, birds, and climate change.
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