Delisting the Bald Eagle in Maine

Delisting the Bald Eagle in Maine An Amazing Success Story!

Charlie Todd and George Matula
Wildlife Division
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

In January 2009, the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) will be recommending removal of the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) from Maine’s list of Endangered and Threatened Species. State and federal law first recognized the Bald Eagle as an Endangered Species in Maine and 42 other states in 1978. Subsequent recovery of eagle populations led to reclassification as a Threatened Species in 1995. Further improvements prompted the federal government to remove Bald Eagles from its list of Endangered and Threatened species in 2007. However, the Bald Eagle remains listed as a Threatened species under Maine’s Endangered Species Act (MESA), because federal delisting does not automatically trigger state delisting in Maine.

Rest of the article:
http://www.state.me.us/ifw/wildlife/species/endangered_species/baldeagle_delisting.htm

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