Image credit: Carl Chapman /Flickr 48 breeding pairs of bald eagle survive along the rivers of the otherwise hot and dry Sonoran Desert . Currently, this small group of eagles is listed on the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife but, if

a new petition from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is approved, they would lose that protection… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Desert Nesting Bald Eagles Set to Lose Protected Status