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RE: Bald Eagle delisting concerns



USF&W is accepting public comment on the proposal to delist the bald eagle
until October 8. The address is:

Department of the Interior
US Fish and Wildlife Service
1875 Century Boulevard/Suite 410
Atlanta, GA 30345

William J. Warfel
Fayetteville
bwarfel@intrstar.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
> [mailto:carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu]On Behalf Of Harry LeGrand
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 9:58 AM
> To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
> Subject: Bald Eagle delisting concerns
>
>
> Carolinabirders:
>     I just received a notice of a public hearing requested by
> the Center for
> Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary, VA.
> Actually, the
> hearing was held (?) on Sept. 21, 1999. The Center states:
>
> "We concur with the notice [to delist the Bald Eagle from the
> Federal Endangered
> Species List] that the bald eagle population has surpassed
> specific population
> recovery goals set for delisting.  However, habitat
> protection goals set by the
> Chesapeake Bay Bald Eagle Recovery Plan as conditions of
> recovery have not been
> met or addressed.  We have grave concerns about the
> consequences that may result
> from delisting with regard to future population maintenance."
>
> The Center is concerned with lack of habitat protection and
> the expectation of
> habitat loss in the Chesapeake Bay region with the delisting.
>  Also, they expect
> a failure of states to survey/monitor eagles if no U.S. Fish
> & Wildlife Service
> funding is available (and it would likely not be available if
> the eagle is
> delisted).  They also comment that the eagle would no longer
> be protected in the
> environmental review process (Section 7 of the Endangered
> Species Act).
>
> I feel certain that other agencies, organizations, etc., are
> concerned with
> these same issues in other parts of the range of the bald
> eagle. Because the
> Chesapeake Bay contains a very large eagle population and is
> central to the fate
> of the eagle, I think the outcome of the public hearing will
> have considerable
> consequences.  The FWS would like to announce the delisting
> of the eagle next
> year, perhaps on July 4.  But -- it seems as if they have
> considerable work to
> do, especially regarding the concern over loss of habitat
> protection, before a
> delisting is to take place.
>
> Harry LeGrand
> Raleigh
> harry_legrand@mail.enr.state.nc.us
>