Since 1993, the peregrine fund (TPF) has partnered with the U.S. Fish and wildlife service (USFWS) in a joint effort with federal and state agencies, private NGO partners, tribes and members of the…

Since 1993, the peregrine fund (TPF) has partnered with the U.S. Fish and wildlife service (USFWS) in a joint effort with federal and state agencies, private NGO partners, tribes and members of the public in a west-wide international effort to recover the endangered california condor (gymnogyps californianus). While accomplishments from longstanding and ongoing TPF USFWS recovery efforts (captive propagation, boise, ID, release and flock establishment management, vermilion cliffs, marble canyon, AZ) are impressive, and the condor has been saved from the brink of extinction to a population of more than 500 individuals range wide, there remains more to do in achieving the ultimate goal of a recovered, healthy and sustainable wild population. The peregrine fund will therefore focus on two primary recovery actions 1) captive breeding - producing young for program-wide distribution, and 2) reintroduction - establish and maintain a spatially disjunct reintroduced, free-flying population of california condors in northern arizona and southern utah. Developing and maintaining a healthy annual cohort of release candidates by means of a successful captive breeding program has helped to not only RE-establish a foundation of individuals in historic habitats range wide, but also replaced those lost, due to mortality and preventable, anthropogenic-sourced mortality factors, a key component in creating an intact population while simultaneously addressing preventable mortality for long-term sustainability.