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SOUTH CAROLINA BALD EAGLE POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE

The South Carolina Departmetn of Natural Resources issued the following press release:

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been monitoring Bald Eagle populations in the state for 32 years and has documented 2,887 nesting attempts and 3,595 fledglings. Some 228 nesting sites were occupied within our borders. This is an astonishing increase over the 13 sites documented in 1977. The latest count found that South Carolina eagles were averaging 1.25 chicks per nesting attempt.

DNR also continues to participate in the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contiguous 48 states count. This is conducted through aerial surveys of eagle nesting areas and standardized boat surveys of the ...

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