Bald eagle on the rebound

A bald eagle perches in a tree near the Ottawa River in Point Place. Bald eagles were pushed to the brink of extinction in the middle of the 20th century because of habitat loss, hunting, and environmental contamination from pesticides. With federal protection in place, and a lot of hours and conservation dollars put toward their recovery, they have slowly come back. They had recovered enough by 1995 to have their status changed from ‘endangered’ to ‘threatened,’ and 12 y