RETURN OF THE CONDOR by John Moir

A riveting account of one of the most dramatic attempts to save a species from extinction in the history of modern conservation

Down to only 22 individuals in the 1980s, the condor owes its survival and recovery to a remarkable team of scientists who flouted conventional wisdom and pursued the most controversial means to save it. Conservationists and scientists have fought what at times has seemed a quixotic battle to save the species. Theirs is a story of passion, courage, and bitter controversy, one that created a national debate over how to save America’s largest bird.

RETURN OF THE CONDOR was one of three finalists for the 2008 William Saroyan International Writing Prize sponsored by Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation. The book was also selected by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) for an Honorable Mention in their Science-in-Society Journalism Awards that recognized the book as one of five outstanding works of science journalism that were published or broadcast in 2006.