The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered species list.

New Jersey became the latest state to delist the bald eagle as endangered in January ... Habitat preservation and clean, open water, since the eagles feed heavily on fish, is a worry, but ...

Habitat preservation and clean, open water — the eagles feed heavily on fish — are ... to have that sort of personal relationship with bald eagles," Clark said. New Jersey Sen.