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Print On Easter Sunday 1987, the last known wild California condor was captured 40 miles southwest of Bakersfield He was taken to what is now called the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, to be put in a captive-breeding program. The giant male known as AC-9 (Adult Condor 9) fathered 9 chicks before he was moved to the Los Angeles Zoo. After fifteen years in the captive breeding program he was released back into the wild May 1, 2002. From a population of 27 birds in captivity in 1987, the population of...

To he editor: Everyone I know who has an opinion on the Saranac Lake Marina development, on both sides of the argument, without exception, would like to see the issue resolved. But blaming Tom Jorling for the delay is like blaming the little Dutch boy, who saved the day by putting his finger in the dike, for the leak. If you want to blame someone, blame the Adrondack Park Agency for not following its own law and regulations; blame the Department of Environmental Conservation for not developi...