Environment

Bald Eagle to Be Taken Off Endangered List

by ryan | May 15, 2007 at 10:42 am

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Efforts to restore the Bald Eagle population have finally resulted in the removal of the iconic bird from the endangered species list. However, removal from the list does not mean that the bird is now free game; there are still other regulations that protect the national symbol.

Seven years after the U.S. government moved to take the bald eagle off the endangered species list, the Bush administration intends to complete the step by February, prodded by a frustrated libertarian property owner in Minnesota.

The delisting, supported by mainstream environmental groups, would represent a formal declaration that the eagle population has sufficiently rebounded, increasing more than 15-fold since its 1963 nadir to more than 7,000 nesting pairs.

The next challenge is to ensure the national symbol's continued protection.

"By
February 16th, the bald eagle will be delisted," said Marshall Jones,
deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "We'll be clear
so people won't think, 'It's open season on bald eagles.' No way."

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pollyanna

at 10:33 on May 16th, 2007

Hi , That is interesting.

I am fortunate to drive by an eagles nest once a week . It is located on La Hwy 1 You can see it from the Morganza spillway with a little help from someone who know where it is. It is a large nest in an old tree The area floods every year. My husband and I are always looking to see if we can get a glimpse of them in flight.

Thanks for the story.