[Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA

[THOMAS BENEDICT]

That might be a violation of State and Federal Laws: 

https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-610-100

https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/eagle.html

Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA




>     On 12/13/2021 8:18 AM Margee Cooper <margeecooper at gmail.com> wrote:

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>     Walking my dogs yesterday, we stopped to watch the Eagles in my neighborhood tree. Incredibly, the tree was cut down earlier in the day. No notice. 

>     This tree has been actively supporting a nesting pair of Eagles for years. It was my greatest pleasure to watch the paired Eagles throughout the year.

>     Something is wrong with the priorities of the local government to allow this site to be cleared for apartment housing. I honestly never gave a thought to seeing this majestic pair of birds lose their home but now I sit here crying, both sad and angry.

>     This is a disgraceful act of removal of nesting Eagles and their longtime home.

>     There are plenty of undeveloped parcels of land here in Longview that do not have an active nest. Why choose this one for development? I am grieving...

>     M. Cooper

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