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Yurok tribe considers bringing back condors
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The Yurok Indian tribe is considering reintroducing endangered
California condors into the lower Klamath River basin, a move that
could bring back a bird not seen in the region in more than a century.
In 2008, the Yurok Tribe received a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study the feasibility of reintroducing California condors to the tribe’s ancestral territory. Currently, the Yurok Tribe’s reservation, which includes these ancestral lands, encompass one mile on either side of the Klamath River from its mouth at the Pacific Ocean to 44 miles upstream. The Mail Tribune newspaper in Medford reported that, so far, condor populations have been re-established only in Arizona, Southern California and Mexico. The Klamath River basin would be the most northerly site for the massive birds. |
