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Here are connections that you may find informative and useful. There are links displayed in various categories. To go to a particular grouping of links, scroll down, or click the categories here: 
General Info
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Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Maintains and patrols trails in the Ventana Wilderness, Monterey County, CA.
Ventana Wildlife Society
Monitors and maintains California Condors, eagles and other wildlife in the Central California Coast region. Also, condor tours, condor cams--lots!
Los Padres National Forest
Sespe Condor Sanctuary
ESRI Condor Recovery Story
Condor Recovery Story from Esri. Who is Esri? They say, "We build ArcGIS, the world’s most powerful mapping and spatial analytics software."
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Condor Recovery Program
2015 Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Report
Report
Condor Trail
The Condor Trail is a backpacking/hiking thru-trail that extends the length of the Los Padres Forest along the coastal mountains of Central California.
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Condor habitat in southern California, US Fish and Wildilife Service.
Hopper Mountain Wildlife Refuge
About the Hopper Mountain Refuge, condor habitat in Ventura County
Related Organizations
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DESCRIPTION
Ventana Wilderness Alliance
Maintains and patrols trails in the Ventana Wilderness
Ventana Wildlife Society
Monitors and maintains California Condors, eagles and other wildlife in the Central California Coast region. Also, condor tours, condor cams--lots!
About Condors
CONDOR INFO
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ESRI Condor Recovery Story
Condor Recovery Story from Esri. Who is Esri? They say, "We build ArcGIS, the world’s most powerful mapping and spatial analytics software."
Condor info from Cornell
Summary of facts, from Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Condor Spotter
If you see a condor in the wild, it will have a color-coded number on its wing. You can identify that condor with this website. There is data on both the central California (Big Sur and Pinnacles) and southern California populations.
Sespe Condor Sanctuary
US Forest Service protected lands in southern California.
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Mountain Lions
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Quick Facts about Lions
Short discussion about lions from the National Wildlife Federation. Note: they cite "habitat loss" as one of the greatest reason for declining populations.
Mountain Lion Foundation
Organization devoted to mountain lion preservation.
Wolves
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Gray Wolf in California
Facts and links from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wolves here to stay in CA
SF Chronicle article
Conservation Easements
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What is a Conservation Easement?
Basic explanation of Conservation Easements from the Nature Conservancy
Conservation Options, including Easements
Options from the Land Trust Alliance, including Conservation Easements
Benefits of Conservation Easements
From the Conservation Assistance Network. Dated 2007, still has relevant info for those considering a conservation easement.
What is a Conservation Easement?
An authoritative and expansive explanation of Conservation Easements from the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, with examples.
Birds
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North American Bird Loss
Article from NPR speaking about tremendous loss of bird populations in North America
Vultures
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Mass Poisoning of Vultures in Botswana
June 2019 Report about poisoning critically endangered vultures in Botswana, by elephant poachers.
About the Vulture Species of the World
A good intro to the twenty-three species of vulture found across the globe. There are Old World Vultures, and New World Vultures, and many of them are critically endangered.
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