Bald eagle removed from endangered list

[wilebill]

The bald eagle, which has made a dramatic comeback in Mississippi and across the nation, will be removed from the Endangered Species list today, but it still will be illegal to shoot the majestic birds.


The number of eagle pairs in the state has more than doubled in the past 10 years, up from 19, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.


Bald eagles have flourished nationally since the creation of the Endangered Species Act in 1963, rising from 417 pairs to 9,789, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service release.


And their recovery has been equally impressive in Mississippi where the population was destroyed during the 1950s, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. The state was repopulated in 1974.

Story. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/NEWS/706280369/1001/news)

I for one am glad to see this. I'm hoping that eventually they'll make their way to this neck of the woods.

[jessi_s]

yay for the bald eagles!
beautiful and powerful creature...

[dollfus46]

I"m wondering if this means USM and Auburn can once again have a Golden Eagle on campus as a mascot?

[amanda]

I"m wondering if this means USM and Auburn can once again have a Golden Eagle on campus as a mascot?


Doubful, Dollfus. They are off the endangered list - but remain on the protected list. Maybe in a few more years they will be so populated that these schools can have one. I'm just happy to see them off the endangered list.

[dollfus46]

Doubful, Dollfus. They are off the endangered list - but remain on the protected list. Maybe in a few more years they will be so populated that these schools can have one. I'm just happy to see them off the endangered list.

Me too, Amandah. Magnificant birds. Regal even.

[Bee Line]

There were some eagles nesting in the bayous & back waters of Stennis space center before Katrina. Haven't been back to see if they are still there. Hope so. They had some young ones one year.

[Tully Mars]

If they can take bald eagles off the list then why not gopher tortoises and LA quillwort?

[Guru]

I've been told there are several at Ross Barnett Resevoir outside Jackson but I personally have never seen any there.

[CircusRide]

I can understand this. It seems like every star in Hollywood is showing off their bald eagle. They all have them now.

[Astra]

Doubful, Dollfus. They are off the endangered list - but remain on the protected list. Maybe in a few more years they will be so populated that these schools can have one. I'm just happy to see them off the endangered list.
The golden eagle is also a different species of bird - I'm not sure if it is protected here or not, but I think it is now rare in certain parts of Europe.

[dollfus46]

The golden eagle is also a different species of bird - I'm not sure if it is protected here or not, but I think it is now rare in certain parts of Europe.
I have realized I've confused Bald Eagles with Golden Eagles all along. DUH. that's why I was so confused. Sorry.

[EricStratton]

USM will/should never get another eagle (bald, golden, plastic, etc....).... If you starve your eagle to death, you should not get another one....