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Bald Eagle Is Officially De-Listed
In what the National Audubon Society is calling “one of the greatest conservation success stories in U.S. history,” the bald eagle has officially recovered, from a population low of just 417 breeding pairs in the continental US in 1967 to some 10,000 pairs today.
From the Washington Post:
The federal government today removed the bald eagle from its list of threatened and endangered species, capping a 40-year comeback for the national icon that showed that disappearing creatures are not always lost.
thats great
Posted by: km | June 29, 2007 at 06:20 PM
I'm gald the numbers are up, but I fear delisting is a tactic by the Bush cronies to open up new wildlife areas to plunder.
Posted by: Matt Mallery | June 29, 2007 at 07:10 PM
So does this mean we can start shooting them now? I'd love to have some eagle feathers!
(Just kidding) ;-)
Posted by: Sherrill Philip Neese | June 30, 2007 at 11:47 AM
By de-listing the Bald Eagle, it is now under state protection,which I believe will serve to protect this "scavenger" well.
Posted by: Legal Beaver#1 | July 05, 2007 at 03:50 PM