BLM Pinedale Field Office seeks volunteers for Bald Eagle Survey

BLM Pinedale Field Office seeks volunteers for Bald Eagle Survey

PINEDALE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office (PFO) is seeking volunteers to conduct a midwinter bald eagle survey on Saturday, Jan. 11.

A meeting for interested volunteers will be held on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the PFO, 1625 W. Pine St., Pinedale, Wyo. Instructions will be given for survey methods and eagle identification and survey routes will be assigned. Two-person observation teams are needed so that one person can safely drive while the other observes and documents eagles.

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Every January since 1979, volunteers have counted bald eagles throughout the U.S. By monitoring and estimating national and regional count trends; an index of the total winter bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has been established.

For more information, please contact Josh Hemenway at 307-367-5322.