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		azinman2 on March 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: America’s bald eagle population continues to soar Well people also used to shoot and stuff the bald eagle specifically because it was the national symbol. I believe that's what drove down the population a long time ago.

acdha on March 24, 2021 [–]

That was a factor but a bigger one was widespread use of DDT:

https://www.fws.gov/midwest/eagle/history/index.html

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