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Eagle Watch ResolutionThe following is the complete text of the County Commissioners resolution recognizing our Eagle Watch program. Brevard County Board of County Commissioners Resolution. WHEREAS: Audubon Eagle Watch seeks information about bald eagles, including active nest locations and possible disturbances or threats to nesting activities; and WHEREAS: Eagle Watch program is designed to educate volunteer participants in general eagle nesting biology and applicable laws, and includes training in the identification of nest threats, monitoring techniques, and the verification of previously unrecorded active eagle nests; and WHEREAS: data compiled by Eagle Watch is used to assist The State’s Mid-Winter Annual Bald Eagle Nesting Survey by documenting both urban and rural eagle nesting activities, successes, and failures; and WHEREAS: the Audubon Eagle Watch program started in 1992 in the Central Florida region with only twenty-two volunteers, and is now statewide with 227 volunteers monitoring over twenty percent of the nesting eagle population, and these volunteers report an average of six unrecorded nests each season; and WHEREAS: Eagle Watch is reaching more communities and continues to heighten awareness of bald eagle nesting activities throughout the year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BREVARD DCOUNTY, FLORIDA, does hereby recognize EAGLE WATCH VOLUNTEER OF BREVARD COUNTY For their outstanding contribution on behalf of the great symbol of our nation—the Bald Eagle. DONE, ORDERED AND ADOPTED, in regular session this 13th day of April 2004. ATTEST:
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