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On January 14, 1992, two captive-bred California condors and two Andean condors were released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, overlooking the Sespe Creek, near Fillmore, California. This was done by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex , the lead office for the California Condor Recovery Program.
The Sespe Wilderness Area protects a portion of its watershed and channel. The Sespe Creek watershed is known for the 53,000-acre (210 km 2) Sespe Condor Sanctuary. Established in 1947, it is where the critically endangered species California condor (Gymnogyps californicus) has been re-introduced.
It is bordered by the Los Padres National Forest and the Sespe Condor Sanctuary to the north. The 2,471-acre (10.00 km 2) refuge was established in 1974 to protect the endangered California condor, its habitat, and other wildlife resources. The refuge is in rugged, mountainous terrain.
Joanne Gilkeson, Fish and Wildlife public affairs officer, describing the state of the California condor population as “imperiled” With “just 300 birds in the wild,” she said, “the loss ...
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The California condor is a critically endangered species, with only 350 left “and a significant piece of that population lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened,” Corwin noted.
Many threatened and endangered species live within the forest. Among them is the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), for whom the United States Forest Service manages the Sespe Condor Sanctuary and the Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary. [7] Also present is the California mountain kingsnake, a California species of
The wilderness was created by the U.S. Congress as part of the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-301). The same legislation also established the Chumash, Garcia, Machesna Mountain, Matilija, and Silver Peak Wilderness areas. [2] [3] The Sespe Condor Sanctuary is within the Sespe