![]() ![]() “In a very real way, restoring condor habitat and returning condor to Yurok skies is a clear restoration of the Yurok people, homeland, ecological systems, culture, and lifeway,” “The loss of the condor has limited our capacity to be Yurok because prey-go-neesh is such an important part of our culture and traditions,” Yurok Wildlife Department Director Tiana Williams-Claussen said in the tribe’s statement. The birds are a crucial element of Yurok culture, playing a prominent role in the tribe’s creation story and cultural dances. The World Center for Birds of Prey even lent the reintroduction program a seven-year-old condor to teach the youngsters “worldly knowledge they need to survive outside of captivity.” The birds will be closely monitored for “appropriate behavior” after release, the statement said. But they were raised in large flight pens designed to mimic their natural environment as closely as possible to prepare them for life in the wild. The four total condors, including one female and three males between the ages of two and four years old, were all born in captivity. ![]() Courtesy Eric Ste MarieĪ river otter was spotted in the Detroit River for the first time in 100 years They hope to release two more captive-raised condors at a later date and eventually cultivate a self-sustaining condor population like the one that once thrived in the area.Ī river otter was spotted in the Detroit River for the first time in a century. on Tuesday and immediately started flying over the redwoods, according to a Facebook post from the tribe. The pair of condors were released from the Northern California Condor Restoration Program’s flight pen at around 10:30 a.m. “On behalf of the Yurok Tribe, I would like to thank all of the individuals, agencies and organizations that helped us prepare to welcome prey-go-neesh condor back to our homeland,” he said, using the Yurok name for the California condor. James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, said in the statement. Condor reintroduction is a real life manifestation of our cultural commitment to restore and protect the planet for future generations,” Joseph L. “For countless generations, the Yurok people have upheld a sacred responsibility to maintain balance in the natural world. ![]() Of these, only 93 have produced offspring. There are only around 200 adult California condors left in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The critically endangered California condor has been absent from Northern California redwood forests for over a century – until Tuesday, when the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks reintroduced two birds to the woodland area, the culmination of a 15-year reintroduction project.Ĭalifornia condors have been out of Northern California’s redwoods since 1892, according to a statement from the Yurok Tribe, California’s largest Native American tribe. ![]()
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