Without the protections provided by the Endangered Species Act and other conservation legislation, the California condor might have already been lost forever. That’s one of the reasons we’re suing the Trump administration to stop them from stripping habitat protections from endangered species like condors.
Condors once ranged across the western United States, but by 1982, there were just 22 individuals left of the California condor’s once-vast wild population. Today, there are more than 300 wild condors thanks to intensive captive breeding efforts and comprehensive science-based recovery and release programs.
Earlier this year, a wild California condor flew into Oregon for the first time since 1904. This new traveler is a sign of hope, but all of that progress is at risk with the unraveling of longstanding habitat protections. It’s common sense that wildlife need their habitat, which is why we are taking the Trump administration to court over their unlawful and immoral changes to the Endangered Species Act.
We have the chance to bring condors back to their rightful homes, but only if those homes are protected.
If the federal government will not do their duty to protect our environmental heritage and our wildlife, we’re calling them out and demanding they do their jobs right. California condors can’t afford to go back to a time before wildlife protections, and we won’t stay silent.
