Programs
Current Program
CVAS holds general meetings on the evening of the first Monday of each month (second Monday, if the first one is a holiday), from September through May. These meetings are held at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo (see below), and are also available via Zoom at this link: https://zoom.us/j/6155249106
March 2nd
MONTHLY PROGRAM
California Condors: Back from the Brink
This presentation will include natural history details about the critically-endangered California Condor from their emergence during the Pleistocene through their decline and their eventual status as “extinct in the wild”. The Condor Recovery Program, which has successfully reintroduced California Condors into the wild, will be discussed including captive breeding efforts, how the wild flock is managed, and ongoing threats.
Maria Montag is the Board President of Friends of California Condors Wild and Free, a non-profit that works in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which manages the two National Wildlife Refuges northwest of Los Angeles, Bitter Creek NWR and Hopper Mountain NWR, which protect the historic nesting sites of the critically-endangered California Condors. Maria is also a USFWS Maintenance Volunteer performing defensible space activities on the refuges. While not a trained biologist, she is an avid student of these fascinating birds and welcomes the opportunity to share her love of them with you today.
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Join us at the Western Foundation
We have the privilege of holding our meetings at the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology (also known as the Bird Museum), 439 Calle San Pablo in Camarillo. If you arrive when the doors open at 6:30, you’ll have the rare opportunity to look around the museum’s collections for a half hour before the meeting starts at 7:00 pm. (Also check out wfvz.org)
CVAS’s meetings will be hybrid, simultaneously live at WFVZ (recommended) and on Zoom. The link to join on Zoom is https://zoom.us/j/6155249106.
Also
Anyone interested in joining us for dinner at Wood Ranch Camarillo before the meeting, let Chrystal know you’re coming (805-261-9885), then meet at the restaurant by 5:00 pm.