Wilderness Areas Arizona

Wildlife biologists in Ventura County who run the federal effort to save the endangered California condor are finalizing plans for a bold move: founding a colony at the Grand Canyon in Arizona early next year. The planned release, which would mark the return of the carrion-eating giants to the majestic cliffs of the canyon after a 70-year absence, would plant the seeds for a second wild condor population, a pivotal element in the quest to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.

Wildlife biologists in Ventura County who run the federal effort to save the endangered California condor are finalizing plans for a bold move: founding a colony at the Grand Canyon in Arizona early next year. The planned release, which would mark the return of the carrion-eating giants to the majestic cliffs of the canyon after a 70-year absence, would plant the seeds for a second wild condor population, a pivotal element in the quest to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.