Program Goal:
In order to be downlisted from Endangered to Threatened, The Recovery Goals of the California Condor Program are as follows:
- Maintenance of at least 2 wild populations
- Maintenance of one captive population
- Each population must:
-number at least 150 individuals
-must contain at least 15 breeding pairs
-be reproductively self sustaining
-have a positive rate of population growth
- Non-captive populations must:
-be spatially disjunct and non-interacting
-contain descendents from each of the 14 founders