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Pacific WildLife Foundation Projects
Return of the
Eagle
The return of the bald eagle to former abundance along the north Pacific
began in the 1980s. Today eagles are widespread and abundant. We
think that eagles are numerous because of an abundance of spawning
salmon available from late summer to winter. If this hunch is true,
then the fate of eagles is tied to how well we conserve salmon
stocks. The objective of the Return of the Eagle project is
to follow eagles on their annual migrations to and from salmon
streams. Studies of eagles at
Washington salmon
rivers have shown that they travel as far away as the interior of
Alaska and the Northwest Territories to breed and that eagles stay
as long as there are salmon to eat. We want to know how good and
poor salmon runs affect eagle movements and their prey. This new
project will begin in the
Strait of Georgia
on the west coast of Canada by Dr.
Rob Butler and Iain Jones of PWLF when sufficient funding is
obtained. Individual or corporate donations are welcome. Please
contact us through this web site. For more information on eagles,
click here.
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