Eagle Take Permit Rulemaking NEPA, January 2024

Bald eagle and golden eagle
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Decision to Finalize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Proposed Regulation, With Modifications, to Amend Existing Regulations Pertaining to Eagle Incidental Take Permits and Eagle Removal Permits

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Forty years ago, our national symbol, the bald eagle, was in danger of extinction throughout most of its range. Habitat destruction and degradation, illegal shooting, and the contamination of its food source, largely as a consequence of DDT, decimated the eagle population. Habitat protection...
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Bald eagle up close with wing raised

A large raptor, the bald eagle has a wingspread of about seven feet. Adults have a dark brown body and wings, white head and tail, and a yellow beak. Juveniles are mostly brown with white mottling on the body, tail, and undersides of wings. Adult plumage usually is obtained by the sixth year. In...

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