Breeding Populations in NE States, 1990-2003 ME NH MA NY 1990 123 1 5 14 1991 127 1 6 16 1992 140 1 7 18 1993 150 1 9 20 1994 175 1 9 24 1995 192 1 9 25 1996 203 1 9 29 1997 176 1 9 35 1998 202 2 9 40 1999 216 7 10 45 2000 234 6 10 51 2001 269 8 12 65 2002 290 7 12 70 2003 309 8 12 75 Every state bordering Vermont has a breeding bald eagle population today. The population has grown substantially in the past 13 years, in part due to human intervention, in part due to environmental improvements. New York and Massachusetts have used hacking - raising young eaglets in special outdoor hack boxes for release into the wild - to help the birds along. In Maine, the largest population in New England has tripled in size since 1990, while New Hampshire's bald eagle population has grown slowly but steadily on its own, thanks in part to monitoring and site protection. Each of the states has followed guidelines from the Northern States Bald Eagle Recovery Plan, including winter monitoring, breeding monitoring and habitat protection. To learn more, click on one of the following links: National Bird Statutory Protections Regional Breeding Eagle Counts Terms of Use - Copyright 2007 Central Vermont Public Service Copyright photos CVPS, Floyd Scholz U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife Web related issues || Site developed by Interactive Media Advertising