Chandra Rosenthal is the Rocky Mountain director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
Earlier this month, a California condor, the first of its kind to hatch and take flight in Zion National Park, died of lead poisoning just shy of its fifth birthday. Shockingly, one of this condor’s siblings was earlier found to have the highest recorded lead value ever documented in a live bird over the entire 28-year history of the condor release program. Lead poisoning remains the leading cause of diagnosed death among California condors.
Since November of 2022, Interior Secretary Deborah Haaland, the cabinet officer overseeing the National Park Service, has had a proposed rule sitting on her desk that would end the use of lead-based ammunition and fishing tackle in all park units. Despite this, no action has been taken on this rule-making petition. In contrast to the Park Service’s total inaction, its sister agency, the U.S.
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