"Sophie A.H. Osborn's Condors in Canyon Country chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the California condor in the Southwest, a bird once so near extinction that some environmental groups advocated allowing the species to "die with dignity." California condors, against all odds, have survived and even thrived in the rugged canyon country of the Southwest. Osborn's book is the first to tell their story, a tale of humankind's power to drive a species to the brink of extinction but also to employ intelligence and inventiveness to save what many considered a "doomed species." Filled with photographs of these birds amidst the landscapes of the Southwest, Condors in Canyon Country is fascinating reading to anyone passionate about wildlife."--Jacket.
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