All About Birds: Bald Eagle - Middle School Estuary Marine & Wildlife

All About Birds: Bald Eagle
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University

The national emblem of the United States, the Bald Eagle was threatened with extinction in the lower 48 states because of DDT (a type of pesticide) poisoning. Protection under the Endangered Species Act, together with reintroduction programs, brought populations up, and the species was reclassified as Threatened in 1995. By 1999, some were suggesting removing the eagle from the Endangered Species List.

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