Subject: Bald Eagles
Date: Jul 8 22:05:33 1999
From: Mary Manson - tonihawr at email.msn.com


>On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Welden & Virginia Clark wrote:
>
(snip)
>
>>From my own point-of-view, there are so many species in greater jeopardy
>than Bald Eagles, and so few staff days to accomplish needed work, it's
>a good decision to cut back on Bald Eagle activities. I would love to see
>the dataset continue to develop into the distant future but all of us who
>look at Wildlife Diversity budget every year realize what a huge chunk has
>gone to Bald Eagles while other species go unattended.
>
>Kelly McAllister
>District Wildlife Biologist
>Thurston and Pierce Counties


I think you're right - but I also think that the bald eagle has had more
"exposure" as the *American* "bird", and that could sway some minds if
appealed to by the eagles' winning record - "let's keep up the good work",
etc.