Bald eagle count rises sharply in northern Idaho. AP
For those not familiar with North Idaho, Lake Coeur d’Alene is a large and deep lake in Idaho’s Panhandle area.
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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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I was up in that area on the 2nd of December and I can say, I saw more bald eagles than I have ever seen in the past, there was one section right as you come into coming into Sandpoint on Lake Pend Oreille that there were 11 adult Bald Eagles sitting next to each other on the shore of the lake!