Bald Eagle Project
We help manage the state's population of Bald eagles. In 2009, there were more than 65 pairs of nesting Bald eagles in New Jersey.
Bald Eagles Make a Comeback
Banding Eagles at Duke Farms
Zoom+ An adult eagle flies over it's nest while biologists visit the site to survey and band the nestlings. © Cheryl Healy
New Jersey was once home to more than 20 pairs of nesting Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). As a result of the use of the pesticide DDT, the number of nesting pairs of Bald eagles in the state declined to only one by 1970 and remained at one into the early 1980's. Use of DDT was banned in 1972. That ban combined with restoration efforts by biologists within the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife's Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP) acted to increase the number of New Jersey Bald eagles to 69 active pairs in 2009.
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ and ENSP biologists work together to manage and reduce disturbance in eagle habitats, especially around nest sites. Eagles are very sensitive to human disturbance and will abandon their nest sites if people encroach on the area during the nesting season. Education and established viewing areas are important in minimizing disturbance, as are the efforts of project volunteers. Biologists also work to protect habitat in a variety of ways, including working with landowners, land acquisition experts, and through the state's land use regulations.
During the nesting season (late Jan. - July) we host a live web camera (EagleCam) that is situated above a Bald eagle nest inside Duke Farms in Hillsborough, New Jersey.
Learn More:
 | Adopt a Species - Bald eagle - 197.5KB |
| 2009 Bald Eagle Project Report - 430.8KB |
Contact Us:
Larissa Smith, Assistant Biologist: Email
609.628.0402
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