Eagle nests are still generally protected by a 660-foot buffer zone from disturbances like new construction, thanks to the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, said Rutgers ecology professor Richard Lathrop. “In terms of the nest sites themselves, I don’t...
$5,000 reward offered after bald eagle shot and killed in Vermont The bald eagle was killed by shotgun fire, federal officials said. Nov 15, 2024 Man admits eagle "killing spree" to sell body parts on black market Travis Branson and Simon Paul allegedly killed about 3,600 birds on...
Eagles are protected by multiple federal laws, including the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Violators could face maximum $100,000 fines and one year in prison. Fish and Game directed Matthews to Idaho Wildlife Services, a program under the U.S....
It is great news indeed that bald eagle populations in the contiguous 48 states have done so well in recent decades that on June 29, 2007 they will officially be removed from the endangered species list.Unfortunately some serious problems remain. First, the story is not being told of how man...
America’s national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in a sort of environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the federal government took the thriving birds off its endangered species list with more states follow
Bald Eagle Current Status The Bald Eagle is the National Emblem of the U.S and breeds only in North America. In 1999, the USFWS proposed that the Bald Eagle be removed from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species. On Aug. 9, 2007, the Bald Eagle was removed from the fed...
Beyond the eagle's shadow: New histories of Latin America's cold war The dominant tradition in writing about U.S.鈥揕atin American relations during the Cold War views the United States as all-powerful. That perspective, represented in the metaphor "talons of the eagle," continues to influenc...
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are reviewing the removal of a bald eagle nest at the site of a planned subdivision in the east Alabama city of Auburn following an outcry by some local residents, the agency announced Tuesday.
Beyond the birds coming off endangered lists, they made headlines recently for finally getting their due as the county's national bird, an oversight left undone in law because the bald eagle was already on the national seal and many thought it already had that status, said Sen. Amy Klobuchar...
Federal protections and regulation of pesticides containing DDT prompted a comeback. In 1995 the bald eagle's status was changed from endangered to threatened, and it was removed from the threatened list in 2007. Eighteen years ago, Missouri had 123 confirmed ba...