GOLDEN POND, Ky. — Rescuers released a bald eagle back into the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area on Wednesday after just over one month of rehabilitation.
According to the U.S. Forest Service, volunteers with the Friends of the Land Between the Lakes Bugle Corps noticed an injured bald eagle in LBL’s Elk & Bison Prairie on Sept. 6 and reported it to LBL staff.
LBL environmental interpreter and Friends of LBL employee Nickolaus Willis and Bugle Corp volunteer Tim Johnson helped track and capture the eagle, covering it with a blanket to safely secure its wings and talons, the Forest Service stated…