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Bald Eagle, Yellowstone Grizzly Bear and Western Great Lake Wolf off Endangered Species List

Some animals can say that they’ve had a good year thus far. Others? Not so much.While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is contemplating adding polar bears to the federal list of threatened and endangered species, the bald eagle , the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears and the western Great Lakes population of gray wolves are on their way off, the Service has announced over the course of the last several months.The bald eagle, after nearly disappearing from the 48 inland states of the country following World War II, is flourishing once again. Its population has climbed from a low of 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to a new estimated high of 9,789 in 2007Though off the endangered species list, it will continue to be strongly protected by federal law under a series of actions designed to govern management of eagles, a June 1 press release said.“After years of careful study, public comment and planning, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are confident in...

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