60 Years of Studying Golden Eagles in Southwestern Idaho: What Have We Learned?

Mike Kochert will present major findings of the long-term studies of Golden Eagle nesting in southwestern Idaho that have continued uninterrupted since 1966. He will discuss overall Golden Eagle biology, eagle-prey-habitat relationships, and the responses of the nesting eagle population to massive habitat and environmental changes that have occurred in the southwestern Idaho during the last 45 years. He will also relate these changes to conservation challenges facing managers of the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in southwestern Idaho where he has worked for 55 years. He will also share some of his experiences while studying Golden Eagles during the last half century.