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Article: An eagle eye: the surveyor's part in bald eagle protection.(Column)
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- July 1, 2008
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In 2005, I performed an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey of a very large tract of property along Lake Erie in southeast Michigan. Sounds straightforward, but there was a challenge that lay before me: The lakefront property contained an active bald eagle nest.
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From the start, I knew the survey would be both historic and challenging. But the bald eagle nest full of fledglings added a whole new dimension. For one thing, I wasn't sure if I had to show the nest on my survey. But after hours of research, I realized not only the importance of this inclusion but the number of limitations I needed to record around the nest. These lessons were ...