Volunteers from Central Vermont Public Service, the CV Greenteam, Outreach for Earth Stewardship, Green Mountain Power, the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife and the National Wildlife Federation built three hack boxes for the eaglets. The hack boxes include one-way glass and drawers to provide food to the birds so volunteers can check on their health and activity, and feed them, without being seen. Central Vermont Public Service recycled six old utility poles to build a frame for the hack boxes, and the volunteers built the boxes about 25 feet in the air. The boxes were constructed using Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood grown and processed in Addison County, Vt., and contributed by Stephen Taylor, Vermont Family Forests, and National Wildlife Federation. FSC certification ensures forestry is practiced in an environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable way. The birds have constant protection and supervision while in the hack boxes. The hack boxes, 8 feet by 8 feet, allow the birds some shelter from the elements, but are designed to help them become acquainted with the outdoors and the elements. To learn more about the hack boxes, click here. Central Vermont Public Service line worker Steve Solari lifts lumber up to a platform during eagle hack box construction at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison, Vt. The boxes are home to baby eaglets, raised in hopes of creating a breeding bald eagle population in Vermont. CVPS forester Jeff Disorda, line worker Steve Solari and senior energy advisor Dave Dunn take a break on the hack box platform they helped build at Dead Creek. For more information on bald eagles in Vermont, and the Vermont Bald Eagle Restoration Initiative, click on the links below: Restoration Initiative Downlisting & Delisting Criteria Hack Boxes Partners Vermont breeding? How you can help Regional Breeding Eagle Counts People Behind the Eagles Terms of Use - Copyright 2009 Central Vermont Public Service Copyright photos CVPS, Floyd Scholz U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife Web related issues