Redwood National Park

The bird, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, had been flying freely for only three months when he died in the backcountry of Redwood National Park after ingesting a lead air-gun pellet, the tribe announced Wednesday.

The creation — and Carter’s expansion — of Redwood National Park has long been a touchy subject along California’s rural, economically depressed North Coast, where the once-thriving logging industry cratered over the last half-century.

As of July, all four condors in the first cohort were reintroduced back into the wild in Redwood National Park.

The tree, a 380-foot coast redwood, is in a remote area of Redwood National Park and is not accessible by any trail.

But Mr. Russell said he had been hearing about recreational climbing in Redwood National Park for a number of years.