Why is the Fish and Wildlife Service proposing to remove the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species?
The bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has recovered from a population estimated at 417 nesting pairs in 1963, to a current population of an estimated 7,066 breeding pairs. The threats to the species have been reduced; reproductive success has increased to a healthy level; and the population is growing and distributed across 47 of the lower 48 states (Vermont does not currently have a nesting population of bald eagles). Therefore, the Service has determined that the bald eagle no longer warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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