Severe Wildfires Are Devastating the California Condor
2020年12月11日 · After an unprecedented fire season, condor experts are evaluating how increasingly aggressive fires could jeopardize their rehabilitation efforts.
A California man who started wildfire that killed 12 endangered …
2022年5月20日 · SALINAS, Calif. — A man who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was sentenced to 24 years in state prison, prosecutors said.
Man Who Started Wildfire That Killed California Condors Gets 24 …
May 20, 2022. A man who the authorities said started a wildfire in central California two years ago that killed 12 endangered condors has been sentenced to 24 years in state prison. Ivan Gomez, 31,...
California condor - Wikipedia
Among juveniles and adults, lead poisoning (from eating animal carcasses containing lead shot) is the leading cause of death. [75][73] Significant past damage to the condor population has also been attributed to poaching, [76] DDT poisoning, [77][78] electric power lines, egg collecting, and habitat destruction.
After Last Year's Deadly Fires, the California Condor Soars Once …
A colossus of the sky, the California condor was nearly gone when biologists rescued it from extinction. Then came a terrible new challenge
California wildfires: Man gets 24 years for setting blaze that ... - BBC
A US man who started a wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. Prosecutors say Ivan Gomez, 31, set the...
California condors: Big Sur sanctuary on the cusp of rebirth
2022年12月26日 · Spreading its 9.5-foot wingspan, a California condor basks in the Big Sur sunshine, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, while perching on a tree charred in the 2020 Dolan Fire at the Ventana Wildlife...
The California Condor: A Lesson in Wildfire Resilience
The fire killed eleven condors (10% of the Big Sur flock’s total population) and destroyed the condor research and captive breeding facilities that scientists had used for more than 20 years. It was a devastating loss that raised big questions.
How California Condors and other rare wildlife weather wildland fires
The Dolan Fire in Monterey County is currently burning in areas of Big Sur that provide habitat for federally endangered California condors, one of the world’s largest and most critically imperiled birds. Fortunately, as large soaring birds, adult California condors have the ability to avoid fires by flying away from them.
California Condor
California Condor. The California condor, Gymnogyps californianus, is one of the largest flying birds in the world. When it soars, the wings spread more than nine feet from tip to tip. Condors may weigh more than 20 pounds. The male Andean condor of South America is even larger than our California condor.