Wisconsin's bald eagle population hits record high
Posted: Dec 6, 2017 3:48 PM CDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's bald eagle population hit a record high this year.
The Department of Natural Resources says air and ground surveys counted nearly 1,600 occupied nests statewide.
Bald eagles once struggled to the point of near extinction in the 1960s and early 1970s. A pesticide ban and state and federal protection laws helped stabilize and grow the population.