However, if eagle hazing will occur adjacent to eagle nest site, roost site, or important foraging area, please contact your regional Migratory Bird Permit Office for additional guidance. Generally, disturbance or other forms of take of eagles is unlikely to result while hazing migratory birds or other wildlife species. If you are unsure if eagle hazing may result in disturbance, contact your regional Migratory Bird Permit Office for technical assistance. When there is potential for purposeful hazing of eagles to disturb eagles, the Service recommends an Eagle Depredation permit. However, a permit is required when hazing of eagles will disturb eagles.ĭisturb, as defined in regulation (50 CFR 22.3), means to: “agitate or bother a bald or golden eagle to a degree that causes, or is likely to cause, based on the best scientific information available, (1) injury to an eagle, (2) a decrease in its productivity, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior, or (3) nest abandonment, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior.” The Eagle Act does not prohibit the activity of hazing. Hazing eagles does not necessarily require a permit. For additional information and expertise on these methods, contact Wildlife Services, part of the U.S. Some methods, particularly permanent landscape alteration, may have the potential to disturb eagles.įor more guidance, see the Bald Eagle Management Guidelines or contact your regional Migratory Bird Permit Office. roadkill removal policies, no dumping policies, and no feeding policies). covering of food sources, adjusting seasonal timing, constructing livestock enclosures), and/or policies (e.g. prey management, vegetation management), cultural practices (e.g. Reducing the attractiveness to eagles can be done with landscape alteration (e.g. Eagle Depredation permits are intended for the active management of eagles, either for the purpose of addressing depredation by eagles or threats to human and eagle safety ( 50 CFR 22.23). airports), and threats to recovery of protected wildlife. livestock loss), private property damage, threats to human or eagle health and safety (e.g. An Eagle Depredation permit is intended to provide short-term relief from eagles until long-term, non-lethal measures can be implemented to eliminate or significantly reduce the depredation problem.Įagle Depredation is damage or loss caused by bald eagles and/or golden eagles, including agricultural damage (e.g. Depredation includes agricultural damage, private property damage, threats to human or eagle health and safety, and threats to recovery of protected wildlife. A Federal Eagle Depredation permit authorizes you to haze or trap bald eagles and/or golden eagles that are depredating or pose a risk to human or eagle health and safety.
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