Transplant of Bald Eagles from Manitoba to New Jersey which began in 1983 has proved very successful; We need to promote the role of Team Manitoba..

Back in early 1983, when I was contacted by Jack Swedberg about the possibility of transplanting young Bald Eagles from Manitoba to the United States, it was hoped that this would be important in restoring the Bald Eagle population of New Jersey to health.  With the very recent news that the number of Bald Eagles in New Jersey has now reached the milestone of 100 nesting pairs, we now know the effort which resulted has been very, very successful.  The 100 nesting pairs are almost all descended from 60 eagles transplanted from Canada, primarily, perhaps exclusively, from Manitoba.

This is a big story in various newspapers.  The reports are that it was Canadian eagles that saved the day for the US.  What is missed in the recent stories is that fact that the eagles were from Manitoba.  Team Manitoba should get some credit.   People like Bob Nero, David Hatch and Bill Koonz should get credit for this tremendous effort.

For the recent story see http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canadian+transplants+bring+bald+eagle+back+from+brink/5946375/story.html

For the background on the transplantation of eagles from Manitoba to New Jersey, see:
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/wildlife-nature/articles/pdfs/bald-eagle-eagles-across-the-border.pdf