CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - More than 100 volunteers covering 2,700 miles in the Bighorn Basin counted 425 bald and golden eagles.
Bureau of Land Management officials say January’s survey marked the second highest count for bald eagles in 30 years, but the numbers did not come as a surprise.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports (https://goo.gl/nQYdbE ) the bald eagle population has been high and steady over the last several years, with this year’s large count coming very close to 2014’s highest total.
BLM officials say the trend is expected to continue as the bald eagle has largely recovered from a long history of effects from pesticides.
Bald eagles were placed on the endangered species list in 1978 because of plummeting numbers. Surveys began the following year.
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Information from: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune, https://www.trib.com
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