Indicator
Wintering Bald Eagle Population Sites
Basics
Wintering Bald Eagle Population Sites
Bald Eagle Wintering Population Sites
Outcome
Program
Each Unit (number)
W3: Provide a minimum of 2 Bald Eagle (Winter) population sites.
W10: Provide disturbance zones and influence zones for Bald Eagle (Winter).
Presence of protected wintering areas and total number of bald eagles detected during annual winter survey.
This Indicator is reported in the following LT Info areas:
Status

Total number of bald eagles detected during annual winter bald eagle surveys throughout the Tahoe Basin from 1998 through 2019. 

Name Options
Bald Eagle Wintering Population Sites
General

Program Wintering Bald Eagle Population Sites Monitoring

Approach

Professional and volunteer biologists stationed at a series of observation points surrounding Lake Tahoe record all observed eagles over the same four-hour period once a year following protocols developed by the National Wildlife Federation.

Partners

Associated Programs data not provided.