New Web Site Creates Online
Condor Community

February 7, 2008

North America’s largest flying bird was nearly lost to extinction, but thanks to a collaborative effort, the California condor’s future is flying high and news abounds. The recently launched Web site, “California Condor Conservation,” was created with new technology to provide the latest information from all of the organizations involved in this species’ recovery.

Researchers, field biologists, keepers, and many other partners involved in the California Condor Recovery Program will be posting blogs and providing photos and video from the field. Anyone—from a student studying conservation to a bystander who witnesses a condor in the wild—will have the opportunity to log on to www.cacondorconservation.org to ask the experts questions about the species.

Web videos will give viewers an up-close view of the wild condor population or an inside look at zoo breeding centers. This month’s news video, in both English and Spanish, discusses the recent outbreak of lead poisoning at the Baja California, Mexico condor release site and what is being done to prevent a recurrence.

California Condor Conservation includes classroom tools, a newsletter, news releases from the recovery program partners, and even biographies of some of the condors. News, resources, and blogs will be added, offering something new regularly.

The California Condor Recovery Program is built upon a foundation of private and public partnerships. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service implements the recovery program in partnership with other U.S. and Mexican government agencies, the Zoological Society of San Diego, Los Angeles Zoo, The Peregrine Fund, Oregon Zoo, and the Chapultepec Zoo, among others.