Bald eagle

May 26, 2009 -- AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John E. Baldacci today ceremonially signed LD 66, An Act To Amend Maine’s Endangered and Threatened Species List by Removing the Bald Eagle. The bill was ceremonially signed during a ceremony at Capitol Park with Lawrence the Bald Eagle present.

“When you look at this bald eagle, you really get a sense of strength, awe and beauty,” Governor Baldacci said. “Those characteristics are a perfect representation of this great country.”

Bill sponsor Sen. Bruce Bryant (D-Oxford) was in Capitol Park for the ceremony, as was his brother and co-sponsor, Rep. Mark Bryant (D-Windham), and a number of supporters of the legislation.    » read more »

29 June 2007 -- The U.S. government has taken the American bald eagle off the list of endangered species in the United States, saying the bird's population is now flourishing.

At a ceremony Thursday in Washington, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said there are now nearly 10,000 nesting pairs of the bald eagle in the contiguous United States, compared to some 400 nesting pairs in 1963.

He said that after years of careful study, public comment and planning, the Interior Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are confident in the future security of the bird.    » read more »

June 28, 2007 -- Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Alex Beehler will represent the Defense Department in a ceremony today that marks the delisting of the bald eagle from the Department of the Interior’s Endangered Species List. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne will host the ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial at 10 a.m. EDT.    » read more »