The recovery efforts to save the bald eagle population in the Chesapeake Bay have met remarkable success. Today the Bay claims one of the largest populations of the bird in the United States, according to the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Only Alaska has more.
According to annual surveys, there were only 62 breeding pairs in Maryland in 1985. By 2004, there were 390 breeding pairs, an increase large enough for the DNR to declare bald eagle recovery had surpassed its goals…