For the first time in over 120 years, a wild California condor flew in Oregon skies. This is a massive victory for conservationists who have been working to save the species from extinction. According to local news reports, the condor is around two years old, and it took off on a 380-mile adventure over the course of about four days, crossing the border from California into Oregon and then back again.
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According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), California condors have been listed as an endangered species since 1967. USFWS further established the California Condor Recovery Program in 1979, with the goal of establishing two wild, geographically distinct self-sustaining populations.
Originally, the species lived across the United States, as well as western Canada and northern Mexico, but by 1982, only 22 condors survived in the wild. A free-flying condor crossing the border into Oregon is a major milestone for the program.
Learn more about the California condor that flew into Oregon, the first in over a century, below (or see it here).
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