Ventana Wildlife Society
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Ventana Wildlife Society is a 501 non-profit organization founded in 1977 by a group of private citizens to restore endangered species native to central California. VWS has three full-time staff biolo
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California condor
California condor
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The California condor is a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 when all remaining wild individuals were captured, but has since been reint
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…instilling a sense of stewardship for the environment through direct educational experience. 1997: VWS joined federal and state efforts to reintroduce the California condor and is the only non-profit releasing condors in California. 2009: VWS Discovery Center opened in Big Sur. The center features an exhibition, "Bringing…
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Frederick Polydore Nodder's illustration accompanying George Shaw's 1797 species description
A California condor skull
Fossil of the extinct species Gymnogyps amplus from the La Brea Tar Pits