Bald Eagle Release and Recovery--Conservation Projects
28 Jul 03
The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States. Their populations declined in many states, and New York's declined to a single pair.
The Peregrine Fund was the first to release by hacking and establish breeding Bald Eagles. In 1976 we obtained two young eaglets from a Wisconsin nest containing three young. Using the hacking technique developed for Peregrine Falcons, the two eagles were successfully released in New York at Montezuma Wildlife Refuge. Less than four years later, our two eagles constructed a nest and raised their first two young--doubling the nesting population of Bald Eagles in New York.
We released additional eagles in 1977 before turning the project over to the state. Since those early days, many other state and private organizations have released and re-established Bald Eagles in their historical range.
In 1994 the status of the Bald Eagle was downlisted from "Endangered" to "Threatened." In July of 2007 the Bald Eagle was de-listed from the Endangered Species List.
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