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Story summary
- On January 9, 2026, Will Richardson, executive director of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science, led volunteers to count bald eagles at Lake Forest Beach, Lake Tahoe.
- The annual midwinter count tracks bald eagle populations in northwestern Nevada.
- Bald eagles were listed as endangered in 1978 due to habitat destruction and pesticide use.
- By 2019, more than 316,000 bald eagles were estimated nationwide.
- Two eagles were spotted during the count.
