Wildlife Advocate Says Eaglets in Large Bear at Danger Due to 4th of July Fireworks

A wildlife advocate says the fireworks in Large Bear may significantly impression the younger bald eagles born only a few months in the past … and, they must be stopped.

We spoke with Sandy Steers — the manager director of the environmental org. the Buddies of Large Bear Valley — concerning the July 4th fireworks present within the space … and, she says she worries about every kind of wildlife this time of yr.

Nevertheless, she’s particularly involved concerning the eagles … who she say have poor night time imaginative and prescient — and, in the event that they freak out and soar from the nest they might run right into a tree or get in any other case harm.

Steers says all of the hullabaloo across the 4th drastically lowers the eagles’ likelihood of survival … particularly throughout their first yr.

Her answer’s easy … get rid of the fireworks across the Fourth like they’ve round Memorial Day and Labor Day — a transfer she says native leaders have been significantly proof against.

Steers says she’s been instructed tourism and economics are the explanations they will not finish this present … however, she thinks a quieter efficiency — like a drone present — would nonetheless carry folks out to the wilderness.