Summary

AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DECIDE WHETHER TO REMOVE THE BALD EAGLE FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, AN EAGLE COUNT IS UNDER WAY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 190662
Story Slug Eagle Comeback
Location Deer River, MN
Format PKG
Date 08/18/2000
Archive Time 17:06
TRT 2:42
Supers Deer River, Minnesota Dick Stoltman, DNR Conservation Officer Maya Hamady, Biologist Jason Davis, Reporting
Video Description SHOT OF LAKE, AERIALS OF TREES AND LAKE, EAGLE SOARING, DNR MAN TALKING, SHOWING MAP, PLANE TAKING OFF, DNR OFFICER IN PLANE WITH MAP, EAGLE'S NEST, PILOT LOOKING OVER WATER AND TREES, AERIALS OF HOUSE, EAGLE IN NEST, AERIALS OF EAGLE'S NEST, EAGLE IN NEST, PLANE OVER WATER, AERIAL OF NEST, AERIAL OF PLANE, EAGLE IN NEST, SHOT OF HOUSE, EAGLE IN TREE, EAGLE SOARING, REPORTER STAND UP
Description AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DECIDE WHETHER TO REMOVE THE BALD EAGLE FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, AN EAGLE COUNT IS UNDER WAY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS
Script LEAD: THE BALD EAGLE IS MAKING A COMEBACK AFTER ALMOST BEING WIPED OUT BY INDISCRIMINATE PESTICIDE USE IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES THE NUMBER OF EAGLES IS SOARING BUT, BEFORE THE BALD EAGLE CAN BE TAKEN OFF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WANT TO KNOW JUST HOW MANY EAGLES THERE ARE SO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS, MINNESOTA DNR PERSONNEL ARE OUT COUNTING BIRDS JASON DAVIS WENT 'ON THE ROAD' TO DEER RIVER, MINNESOTA IN SEARCH OF EAGLES SCRIPT: FROM THE AIR THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUS LAKE SHORELINE BORDERED WITH HIGH TREES IS EXACTLY WHERE EAGLES LIKE TO NEST BUT MOST OF THE TIME SOMEONE ELSE BEATS THEM TO IT BUT EVEN UNDER THIS INTENSE PRESSURE THE BALD EAGLE APPEARS TO HAVE MADE A REMARKABLE COMEBACK (STOLTMAN Sot-Nest thirty seven you had eagle sitting in a snag and that had three young in it) CONSERVATION OFFICER DICK STOLTMAN AND BIOLOGIST MAYA HAMADY ARE TAKING OFF TO COUNT EAGLES WHAT THEY FIND HERE IN MINNESOTA WILL HELP FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DECIDE IF AND WHEN THE BIRD CAN BE TAKEN OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST (HAMADY Sot-We don't know the productivity until we survey again and see in each nest that we found how many young there are) IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE LAST SURVEY AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE EAGLES ARE BACK (NATS-Our production really seems to be up) IN THE MID SIXTIES THERE WERE LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED NESTING PAIRS IN THE ENTIRE LOWER FORTY EIGHTS STATES TODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN THAT IN MINNESOTA ALONE AND THIS EAGLES EYE VIEW OF THE NESTS REVEALS A GROWING TOLERANCE FOR HUMAN INTERFERENCE (STOLTMAN Sot-They might get used to your house, to your presence around the house But don't start doing things they haven't seen before) MOST OF THE ADULT BIRDS PREFER ISOLATED HIGH WHITE PINES TO BUILD THEIR HOMES (STOLTMAN Sot-The nest is right off to my right wing down low It's in a broken top pine, there's a young bird sitting in it) THE YOUNG BIRDS SIT SECURELY ON A COLLECTION OF TWIGS AND BRANCHES THAT CAN REACH TEN FEET IN DIAMETER AND WEIGH OVER FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS WHEN THE NEST IS IN THE TREE TOPS THE FLEDGLINGS ARE EASY TO SEE (STOLTMAN Sot-Let's see what we got here Oh, okay one, two and three The third one was there) PLANS TO DELIST THE EAGLES THIS YEAR WERE DELAYED BECAUSE WILDLIFE AUTHORITIES ARE NOT SURE HOW TO PROTECT THE BIRD FROM THE LATEST THREAT EVEN HERE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA MORE GOOD HABITAT IS LOST TO LAKESHORE DEVELOPMENT EVERY YEAR BUT MAYA HAMADY FEELS IT'S TIME TO STOP SPENDING TIME AND MONEY ON A BIRD THAT SEEMS TO QUICKLY LEARNING TO THRIVE AMONG THE LAKESIDE HOMES (HAMADY Sot-Instead of focusing on something we know has recovered some, if we can focus on things we know a lot less about) (DAVIS STANDUP:Delisting of the bald eagle does not mean it will be unprotected Biologists will continue to monitor the birds' progress for five years and there are many state and federal laws prohibiting the taking or harming of this national symbol In Deer River, Minnesota, this is Jason Davis reporting) TAG: FEDERAL AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS SIX THOUSAND BREEDING PAIRS OF BALD EAGLES IN THE LOWER FORTY EIGHT STATES 0100 FEED-DATE: 00AUG19 0100
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