Monday, March 1, 2010

Desert Nesting Bald Eagles Set to Lose Protected Status

From Treehugger:

bald eagle blue sky photo
Image credit: Carl Chapman/Flickr

48 breeding pairs of bald eagle survive along the rivers of the otherwise hot and dry Sonoran Desert. Currently, this small group of eagles is listed on the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife but, if a new petition from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is approved, they would lose that protection

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