Conservancy for the Range of the Condor

12/27/2024

Monterey County Gives fundraising video. The Range of the Condor is a land trust, working thus far in Monterey County. We love condors, lions, bears, all th...

12/13/2024

Conservancy for the Range of the Condor is pleased to announce the acquisition of 40 acres in Carmel Valley. This land is adjacent to the 260 acres in Anastasia Canyon already owned by the Conservancy, and thusly making a total land area of 300 acres.

The 40 acres lies on a ridgeline above Anastasia Creek, and is populated by a variety of deciduous and evergreen oaks, many other plant species and animals.

On the attached map, the forty acres is the inner rectangle, in blue. It is mostly steep forest, with a couple of acres on the ridgeline that are flat-ish.

The plan is to put the whole 300 acres into conservation easement, to prevent any future development of the property, no matter who the owner is. That may take a couple of years.

If you like to contribute to our year-end fund drive, please go to our website and make a donation via Monterey County Gives! If you’d like to contribute in other ways, please call 831-238-2787:

www.condorrange.org/donate

09/09/2023

Our acquisition of this property in Carmel Valley made the front page of the Monterey County Herald. Here is the article:

Condor land trust acquires Carmel Valley property

09/02/2023

The Conservancy for the Range of the Condor is pleased to announce its acquisition of a 48-acre property in Carmel Valley. As you can see in the accompanying map, the property abuts Garland Ranch above the Robles Del Rio neighborhood of Carmel Valley Village.

The Range of the Condor is dedicated to acquiring or otherwise protecting habitat for animals and plants. This results--ultimately--in great benefit to humans. This property is steep and wooded, and the anticipation is that its use will not change much from its current use, that it will continue to serve as a buffer between Garland Park and the Robles del Rio neighborhood.

Purchase of this property was made possible through a generous donation. The donor wishes to remain anonymous.

The Range of the Condor is a land trust, and it currently owns about 450 acres of land in Carmel Valley and Big Sur.
www.condorrange.org0

07/29/2023

Lion, Range of the Condor preserved land, outer Carmel Valley, dusk.

07/29/2023

Deer in velvet, Range of the Condor oak woodland, Carmel Valley, dusk.

04/14/2023

Deaths of 18 birds in Grand Canyon area have biologists in California worried about a wider spread.

11/04/2022

Range of the Condor directors John Hain and Don Gruber pose with Monterey County Supervisor Mary Adams, and Congressman Jimmy Panetta at the the annual gathering of the very active wilderness protection group, the Ventana Wilderness Alliance, at which we were all guests. This event was at Toro Park on the 22nd of October.

We are very pleased that Mary chose to wear our condor hat, which she had received previously while hiking Range of the Condor land in Carmel Valley. Ms.Adams and Mr. Panetta were both speakers at the VWA event.

10/26/2022

Here's an article in the LA Times about the threat to Andean Condors in Argentina, as a result of a proposed wind farm. The article is at the bottom of the page:

Los Angeles Times - 10/26/2022

09/15/2022

Here is an article in the Washington Post about the release of condors in northern California:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/california-condors-yurok-program-extinction/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE4NzQ2MjIzIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY2MzI0ODQyNCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY2NDQ1ODAyNCwiaWF0IjoxNjYzMjQ4NDI0LCJqdGkiOiI0NmM4YjY3My01MGI2LTQwMTItYTA2ZC0zZmYyOGYwZWE3ZjkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1zb2x1dGlvbnMvaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMi9jYWxpZm9ybmlhLWNvbmRvcnMteXVyb2stcHJvZ3JhbS1leHRpbmN0aW9uLyJ9.6DmewZE5pHyX6m2xtXg9K20CthqMJecnDAyQq9Xytjg&itid=gfta&fbclid=IwAR3_Q8GfFGIbr-XQJxi_BnV1k_-lJ9MVGpE_-AtrLi857_kMQb7NRe8MSyY

Once pushed to the brink of extinction, condors are soaring in Northern California skies again with the help of an Indigenous tribe and a team of scientists.