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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1, 1999 Community mental population. In no way does the Peregrine Fund advocate land closures or the restricContinued from Page 14 tions to public lands. The objechand fed and totally dependant tive of the California Condor upon supplemental food. In fact, Recovery Project is the return of the twenty birds in Arizona were a not supplementary fed at all this wild population of California past summer. Beginning in early condors that exhibit the same May the condors started a string behaviorial characteristics as of natural foraging that lasted the historic wild population. uninterrupted until September. The food items included elk, Condors self-sufficie- self-sustainin- g, mule deer, bighorn sheep, beaver, domestic sheep, and range cattle. Fledging condors are fed by their parents for up to a year. Therefore, if we did not provide food for these young birds after release they would without questions starve. That said, one of the primary objectives of the project is to get the condors foraging on their own as quickly as possible. As strict scavengers condors will eat only dead Carcasses and consequently fears of them harming livestock, pets, or children are quite unrealistic. While we can not address every condor rumor we have heard, the recent story about condors spreddingbotullism, is likewise completely untrue. Claims of massive closures in the Grand Canyon, like the inflated stories of the occurrence of condor destructiveness, are again untrue. The truth behind the condors in the park is not that they were looking for handouts as rumor had it. Rather, the birds found no less than half bea dozen natural-carcasse- s low the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. In addition to an elk ing and populated world. While we can not protect condors from humans nor humans from condors forever, what we are trying to do is to give these young pioneer birds a chance. To support dependant on eliminating the them until they learn the ropes major cause of decline, namely ifyou will. Future released birds shooting and poisoning, we real- along with wild hatched young ize that they must learn to coex- will then learn from these birds. ist unobtrusively in a develop Anything less is unacceptable. To achieve this goal it is clear that condors can not be hidden or completely isolated from humans. While common sense dictates that their survival is self-taug- ht V - In a society often besieged with negativity, saving the condor has emerged as a positive cause unit- ing biologist, politician, and rancher alike. I encourage anyone with questions regarding the condor reintroduction to visit our web page at peregrinefund.org or call me directly at The Peregrine Fund field office in Arizona at 520-355-227- 0. V) Add money at any time Opportunities TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT PENALTY. and several inaccessible and therefore unidentified carcasses, the birds located a mule deer and a large bighorn ram directly below the very popular Mather Point. On a few occasions, sections of railing that could be measured in feet were closed off at the request of the park. Not quite the land use restrictions Pays high market rates.1 that rumors portrayed. The cornerstone to The Peregrine Fund's philosophy and success has been to work with local interest not against them. Such a philosophy helped restore the Peregrine falcon allowing its removal from the endangered species list. This philosophy is also reflected in The Peregrine Funds support for the Arizona populations status as experi- lOj, or a non-essenti- al li the time to make your CD rollover, financial windfall or oavingo work harder. Now HLtorural 2 year U.S. TreiLuiry Aote divraye rate. for: 1995 6.16 1996 5.84 1997 5.99 1998 5.13 1999 5.25 (thru Auq.) Afoot recent mteo: September 5.56 October 5.67 November 5.94 Typically, CD s are inflexible. The Ultimate CD, however, is tied directly to the interest rate of a higher yielding 2-Y- ear Treasury note. This means solid returns with a rate that increases with the market. You can add money to the Ultimate CD at any time. So you 11 continually earn a competitive market rate. Returns increase as the balance grows. And there are opportunities to withdraw without penalty. Stop by your branch or visit us online for more information. fVTO www.zionohank.com Fund, nay be withdrawn from Utunat CO without penalty on the firm businem day of ea. h calnuUr quarter. For examjile. Jan 1 .V 1 and Juii 2. Interest yiehhi are ramble and may change after the acvo jnt opened. The interest rate earned at least within ol he I S. Treasure- N.ue Minimum baUnoe to 'S recs may reduce earning?. open acvount it S i .(XX) Mrmhtc FD1C |