Indeed the Audubon Society, which calls the eagle's recovery "one of the biggest conservation successes of the 20th century," believes that bald eagles are already more common today nationally than they were at the end of the 19th century.
Eagle watching also has an economic impact. The Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 66 million Americans spent more than US$38 billion observing, feeding and taking pictures of wildlife, including eagles, in 2001.
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