America’s bird: Amid fanfare for a rare piece of good environmental news, some watchdogs call the status change ‘devastatingly foolish.’

06 Feb 2025 | 10:10

The day New Jersey removed bald eagles from the state’s endangered species list, David Blauvelt of Hamburg, N.J., spotted one on his way home from work. The adult raptor, unmistakable with its dramatic white head, was perched atop a dead deer on National Wildlife Refuge land in Wantage on Jan. 6.

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