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Welcome to the Wildlife Program
Currently, the experienced Wildlife Program biologists are working to confirm that Yurok Ancestral Territory is indeed safe for reintroductions to begin. The program is sampling pinnipeds, seals and sea lions, for organochlorine pesticides, such as DDT and DDE, which negatively effect condor reproduction, by the same thinning of eggshells as once threatened bald eagles. Program staff is also trapping turkey vultures to test their blood for lead exposure from ingested ammunition.
These projects are currently the centerpiece of the Yurok Tribe’s California Condor Reintroduction Feasibility Initiative. Other aspects of research include potential condor habitat mapping, hunter education, and release facility site assessment. Once these projects are completed and the Tribe can fully assess the information gathered decisions can be made regarding the direction future efforts will take to best support the reintroduction of condors to their former northern range. The Condor Program is one of many of the Yurok Tribe’s endeavors to restore the environment in Yurok ancestral territory into a self-sustaining place where animals and humans can thrive.
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