Big Bear’s beloved Hawk couple Jackie and Shadow may get dozens of new neighbors to bother advocates of feathers, they say it will bother Endangered Birds of Prey.
Tuesday, San Bernardino County Supervisor Unanimous vote To approve Moon Camp, it is a closed 50 outdoor development with a dock on the north shore of Big Bear Lake.
The site is less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow’s nest, from which you can see 24-hour live cam According to friends from the nonprofit Okuya, this will promote the Bald Eagles to many loyal fans.
Sandy Steers, executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley, said the approximately 62-acre project area is located near the Fawnskin community and represents the main food attraction of the Internet’s famous Eagles.
“With all this noise and all these people, right on the lake, the eagles don’t use it for food habitat,” she said.
She said it was not only the eagles that would suffer. The area is Flying Squirrels in San Bernardino and Gray gray Indian brusha federally protected plant found only in the San Bernardino Mountains. Some fear that such developments will hinder wildfire evacuation.
San Bernardino County officials publicly rejected the claims.
“The proposed project has been carefully evaluated through extensive environmental reviews to ensure it does not negatively affect the environment and local wildlife, including vultures,” a statement from the county said.
Steers vowed to stop Moon Camp from moving forward and is exploring the possibility of trying to buy land through a local land trust and protecting it.
This is the latest chapter in the novel. Steer’s nonprofit was founded 25 years ago to fight the project, and they work with other groups Past sued.
Big Bear Condor Jackie and Shadow welcomed two hatcheries in March. A 24-hour webcam monitors a 145-foot nest in a Jeffrey Pine tree overlooking Big Bear Lake.
(Friends of Okuraya)
The Eagles continue to do their own things as humans quarrel on the land.
In the morning, the housing project was approved and Shadow’s beating wings can be heard before the tree dubbing look sub-obstruction flight. Jackie has been building a nest for the past seven years, and he follows. She landed on his right.
“When they sat together, they were so beautiful, facing each other, singing on this special morning, it seemed just pure happiness and joy!” Okuraya’s friend Write in Facebook post.
