……objective science for conservation…….

The Pacific WildLife Foundation is a non-profit coastal and marine research and education society  that inspires an appreciation for objective scientific research and conservation of the ocean. We conduct original research, develop novel education programs, and inspire an appreciation for conservation of the ocean. 

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

 Bald Eagle Conservation

The story of the plight of bald eagles to egg shell thinning from ingestion of organochlorine pesticides is one of the most widely and thoroughly documented impacts on wildlife (review by Buehler 2000). Following a ban on the use of DDT in North America, numbers have risen exponentially. By 1980 there might have been 70,000 to 80,000 eagles and by 1999 an estimated 100,000 eagles were present mostly in British Columbia and Alaska. Breeding eagles are now present in many states and provinces.