I mean it doesn't look like he had any ill will towards the condors. It seems like he got into a bad situation, attempted to cover his ass unsuccessfully, and got fined.
The condors were discovered in the late 1800s by both explorers/outdoorsmen and loggers coming up from San Francisco, San Diego, and El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, as well as loggers and explorers/outdoorsmen coming south from the ports of Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA/CA.