About this episode

The episode discusses the political efforts to protect California Condors from lead ammunition and the reversals of these efforts by different administrations.

Two different California governors, a Republican and a Democrat, did their best to protect California Condors from the scourge of lead ammo. The Obama and Biden administrations did their best to at least protect wildlife on some national wildlife refuges, but in both cases, the Trump administration reversed their actions.

People in this episode

Host: Laura Erickson

Topics covered

• lead ammunition
• California Condors
• wildlife protection
• political actions
• environmental policy

Keywords

• lead ammo
• California Condors
• wildlife refuges
• Obama administration
• Biden administration
• Trump administration
• environmental policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California Condors, California

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