PAN-AMERICAN CONDOR REINTRODUCTION PROJECT
WE DON’T WANT to LOSE OUR CA CONDORS

Only 22 CA Condors were counted in the early 1960’s. The research shows that the Condor was to become extinct due to shooting of birds and poisoning (lead and strychnine). As a result, the CA Condor was placed on the federal endangered species list in 1967.
In 2007 the Rotary Club of San Juan
Bautista granted funding for the Pinnacles National Monument Chief of Research & Resource Management Denise Louie to travel to Argentina on a Rotary Group Study Exchange. Ms. Louie’s visit was instrumental in creating a connection between the study of condor behavior in CA and Argentina. Thus inspired a sister-park relationship between the Pinnacles National Monument and the Argentina National Park, Quebrada del Condorito.
In January 2010 the Rotary Club of San Juan Bautista joined in partnership with the Pinnacles National Monument signing a Memorandum of Understanding for the Pan-American Condor Reintroduction Project. As well, the
Pinnacles National Monument and Quebrada del Condorito, Argentina formalized a Sister-Park Agreement to conserve the condor.
In September 2010 the Rotary Club of San Juan Bautista sponsored Quebrada del Condorito National Park
Vice-Superintendent Germán Jaacks’ visit to Pinnacles National Monument to once again enhance the implementation of new findings to stop the condor’s downward population toward extinction.
Today, the Pan-American Condor Reintroduction Project flourishes. Now, three hundred forty-eight (348) CA condors have been recorded in the San Benito area. The staff of the Pinnacles National Park, established in 2013, and the Argentina National Park, Quebrada del Condorito continue to exchange information relating to the management of condors and other natural and cultural resources, thus creating rich opportunities for cultural interchanges.
The Rotary Club of San Juan Bautista continues to allocate funds on a yearly-basis to support collaboration between the Pinnacles National Park and the Argentina National Park, Quebrada del Condorito.
In 2007 the Rotary Club of San Juan
Bautista granted funding for the Pinnacles National Monument Chief of Research & Resource Management Denise Louie to travel to Argentina on a Rotary Group Study Exchange. Ms. Louie’s visit was instrumental in creating a connection between the study of condor behavior in CA and Argentina. Thus inspired a sister-park relationship between the Pinnacles National Monument and the Argentina National Park, Quebrada del Condorito.
In January 2010 the Rotary Club of San Juan Bautista joined in partnership with the Pinnacles National Monument signing a Memorandum of Understanding for the Pan-American Condor Reintroduction Project. As well, the
Pinnacles National Monument and Quebrada del Condorito, Argentina formalized a Sister-Park Agreement to conserve the condor.
In September 2010 the Rotary Club of San Juan Bautista sponsored Quebrada del Condorito National Park
Vice-Superintendent Germán Jaacks’ visit to Pinnacles National Monument to once again enhance the implementation of new findings to stop the condor’s downward population toward extinction.
Today, the Pan-American Condor Reintroduction Project flourishes. Now, three hundred forty-eight (348) CA condors have been recorded in the San Benito area. The staff of the Pinnacles National Park, established in 2013, and the Argentina National Park, Quebrada del Condorito continue to exchange information relating to the management of condors and other natural and cultural resources, thus creating rich opportunities for cultural interchanges.
The Rotary Club of San Juan Bautista continues to allocate funds on a yearly-basis to support collaboration between the Pinnacles National Park and the Argentina National Park, Quebrada del Condorito.