Dolan Fire burning in Ventana Wilderness destroys release center.
A wildfire burning through remote terrain in Big Sur has destroyed pens, a research building and other facilities used to release California condors for the past 23 years, a significant setback for the decades-long effort to restore the population of the endangered birds.
The Dolan Fire began last Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest south of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. By early Friday morning, it had wiped out the 80-acre condor sanctuary run by the Ventana Wildlife Society, a nonprofit group based in Monterey.
California Condor facility burns in Big Sur, fate of some endangered birds unknown
A wildfire burning through remote terrain in Big Sur has destroyed pens, a research building and other facilities used to release California condors for the past 23 years, a significant setback for the decades-long effort to restore the population of the endangered birds.
The Dolan Fire began last Wednesday in the Los Padres National Forest south of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. By early Friday morning, it had wiped out the 80-acre condor sanctuary run by the Ventana Wildlife Society, a nonprofit group based in Monterey.
California Condor facility burns in Big Sur, fate of some endangered birds unknown
