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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2016 Wildlife: Eagle populations will continue to grow despite threats Continued from Page 1A years unless some sort of envi- ronmental catastrophe forces a more immediate look at how a species is doing. Even after a species is delisted, the Fish and Wildlife will review it again ive years later. This year, ive listed spe- cies are up for review: the mar- bled murrelet, the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, American white pelicans and the lynx. Of these ive, the irst four are familiar — by name if not by regular sightings — to most coastal residents. Eagles lying high Bald eagles are especially visible here at the mouth of the Columbia River. Any given morning, there’s at least one perched on driftwood, on the lookout for prey and making the gulls nervous. Eagle populations dropped decades ago primarily due to chemical contaminants, but also thanks to habitat loss. After being listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1978, state and federal organizations laid down pro- tective measures and eventu- ally the enormous birds of prey were delisted federally in 2007. Currently, they remain listed as “sensitive” in Washington, but now the state is recommending a change, saying that this status no longer applies. A review document pub- lished by Fish and Wildlife in early July sums up the status of the bald eagle, saying that “while there are still threats” to the species, “current popula- tion analyses indicate that bald eagle populations will continue to grow despite those threats.” According to recent data from North America, the bald eagle population is projected to continue to grow for the next 10 to 20 years. Under this model, the total population would eventually stabilize at about 228,000 birds. Even if they are removed from Washington’s list, bald eagles would remain pro- tected under three differ- ent federal acts: the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Lacey Act. All three acts provide just as much if not more protection as any state listing, said Han- nah Anderson, Fish and Wild- life listing and recovery sec- tion manager. Murrelets struggle But the future is less bright Joshua Saranpaa/Submitted Photo American bald eagle numbers are on the rise after dropping drastically decades ago. The Daily Astorian/File Photo U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Olney dealt with an influx of 4- to 6-week-old American white pelican chicks after a 2014 disturbance at their colony 10 miles upriver from Astoria. Marbled murrelets nest in Pacific County forests and are in trouble throughout the Pacific Northwest. Washington state is re-examining their protection status. for marbled murrelets, which loggers used to call fog larks. As of 2015, there were only an estimated 7,500 birds in the state, according to a July 2016 status review document for the marbled murrelet prepared by Fish and Wildlife. Paciic County provides nesting opportunities for mar- bled murrelets, for instance in the protected trees in Cape Disappointment State Park. In 2015, the park opened up a new trail to its historic North Head Lighthouse. The trail, a wide paved multi-use path, winds through possible mar- bled murrelet habitat. To mit- igate for this, the park closed down another trail that used to take hikers from a parking lot continues to be a likely factor in the birds’ decline statewide, biologists believe a combi- nation of factors are at work. Low reproductive rates coupled with the fact that few juvenile birds are surviving into adult- hood currently appear more to blame. Between 2004 and 2008, only 20 percent of nests were considered “successful,” with many nestlings starving or adult birds abandoning their eggs before completing incubation. “Without solutions that can effectively address these concerns in the short-term, it is likely the marbled mur- relet could become function- ally extirpated in Washing- ton within the next several near Beards Hollow up to the lighthouse. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources maintains a signif- icant stand of old-growth for- est on the South Nemah River on the east side of Willapa Bay, partly to serve as murrelet hab- itat. In 2011, possible presence of the birds on bordering Radar Ridge doomed a wind-en- ergy farm proposed by Paciic County Public Utility District No. 2. Marbled murrelets ly upward of 55 miles inland to nest in mature and old conifer forests, places that have been impacted in the past by com- mercial logging operations. While loss of nesting habitat T HURSDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM Pelicans and peregrines The other birds up for review, American white peli- cans and peregrine falcons, are both doing well in Washing- ton, however. The department is recommending that pere- grine falcons be delisted at the state level, though they are still considered “protected wild- life” under state law. Both they and white pelicans are already protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Peregrine falcons, like bald LISTINGS THE DAILY ASTORIAN A decades,” the review document states. In other words: the mar- bled murrelet “is not in a good place and it’s not getting bet- ter,” Anderson said. eagles, experienced severe population declines across North America and even much of their global range due to the use of contaminants, espe- cially the synthetic insecticide DDT. In 1980 in Washing- ton, there were only ive nest- ing pairs of peregrine falcons found statewide. As the use of DDT was restricted, how- ever, peregrine falcon popula- tions began to slowly recover, including in Paciic County. White pelicans are not listed under the federal Endan- gered Species Act and Wash- ington state calls them only a “moderate conservation con- cern.” A conservative estimate of the total population in 1998 to 2001 was approximately 157,000 adults, a far cry from when the population dipped in the 19th and early 20th centu- ries due to “habitat loss, perse- cution and pesticide contami- nants, especially DDT.” Though the population has grown in the decades since, white pelicans are concen- trated on a few breeding colo- nies and are particular vulnera- ble to disturbance, disease and environmental changes. Bird rescuers in the Astoria area have irsthand knowledge of the pelicans’ vulnerability. In 2014, starving white pelican chicks, too young still to ly or feed themselves, were rescued off beaches along the Colum- bia River after campers spend- ing the Fourth of July week on their nest island got too close to the nesting parents, scaring them away. The chicks, aban- doned, took to the water and were swept downriver to Asto- ria, Chinook and Ilwaco. Res- cuers believed close to 100 chicks were scared off the island though they were only able to capture 30 and of these, only 21 survived to be reha- bilitated and then released in September. Submit comments Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is accepting public comments on all ive species up for review through Oct. 10. For more information about the individual species and to read the review docu- ments associated with them, visit http://bit.ly/2ayVY0x Comments on the reviews and recommendations can be submitted via e-mail to Tan- dEpubliccom@dfw.wa.gov or by mail to Hannah Ander- son, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Cap- itol Way N., Olympia, WA 98501-1091. 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