Counting of the eagles; are there any in Southwest Riverside?
In the past two decades, eagle populations in the region have fluctuated between a half-dozen and 40, according to Forest Service spokesman John Miller. He said a pair of eagles fledged babies in 2003 near Lake Hemet.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The U.S. Forest Service’s fourth and final winter bald eagle count in the San Bernardino National Forest was scheduled for Saturday.
Forest rangers and volunteers conducted a tally at Lake Hemet, Baldwin Lake, Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Gregory, Lake Silverwood and Little Green Valley Lake. Results of the tally have not been released yet.
Eagles generally nest around the lakes in the San Jacinto and San Bernardino mountains between November and April, providing an opportunity to gauge their numbers, officials said.
In the past two decades, eagle populations in the region have fluctuated between a half-dozen and 40, according to Forest Service spokesman John Miller. He said a pair of eagles fledged babies in 2003 near Lake Hemet.
Because of hunting and habitat destruction, the American bald eagle was nearly driven to extinction and declared endangered in the 1970s.
With some 10,000 breeding pairs identified across the continental United States, they were removed from the Endangered Species List in 2007. However, under the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, it is a crime to trap eagles, keep them as pets or sell them.
Tags: bald eagles, Baldwin Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Gregory, Lake Hemet, Lake Silverwood, Little Green Valley Lake, San Bernardino mountains, san jacinto mountains, SWRNN, u.s. forest service, U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller
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