Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a plan to remove over 13,000 acres of trees in the Big Bear area that is home to Jackie and Shadow, a beloved duo of bald eagles.
Sandy Steers, the executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, is part of a lawsuit filed to stop The U.S. Forest Service's plan for the San Bernardino Mountains.
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She tells KNX In Depth, "Part of what they're proposing is prescribed burns and mechanical thinning throughout the area, including the eagle nest area, and they don't have the dates right."
Steers said the Forest Service plans to work until January, but Jackie and Shadow are still in the nest in mid-October, "So if they're doing prescribed burns and mechanical thinning and cutting trees around their nest, they're not gonna stay."
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Along with over 1,000 others, Steers has submitted comments regarding her concerns to the Forest Service but said, "They basically ignored the comments and went ahead and signed the project the way it was written without making any changes or further analysis." Thus, the lawsuit.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Forest Service told KNX News in a written statement that they can't comment at this time because of the pending litigation.
Jackie and Shadow have become so popular due to a 24/7 live stream of their nest that Steers runs. She said when the eagles are there, they have 2,000, sometimes up to 5,000 people watching the stream, with over 600,000 followers on Facebook.
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