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Five critically endangered condors will be released at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument near Utah.

The release is part of National Public Lands Day this Saturday.

The event will be livestreamed and follows setbacks to the species.

KANAB — A California condor flock by the Utah-Arizona border has taken a few hits over the past few years, between an avian flu outbreak , lead poisoning and poaching .

However, the critically endangered species is set to receive another boost in the region this weekend. The Peregrine Fund and the Bureau of Land Management are again teaming up to release five condors into the wild at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument just south of the Utah-Arizona border on Saturday, with the hope of rebuilding the f

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