The Condor Recovery Program is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-led community of zoo conservation programs, public agencies, non-profit non-governmental organizations, scientists and academics committed to the conservation and recovery of the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus), a highly endangered species. Since the adoption of the first recovery plan under the Endangered Species Act in 1975, the Recovery Program has captured wild condors, captively bred, reared, and subsequently released into the wild and managed condors in their native habitat.
