Wildlife Advocate Sandy Steers
Massive Bear Fireworks May Damage Eaglets
… Trigger Confusion, May Result in Accidents
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A wildlife advocate says the fireworks in Massive Bear might critically impression the younger bald eagles born just some months in the past … and, they have to be stopped.
We spoke with Sandy Steers — the manager director of the environmental org. the Associates of Massive Bear Valley — in regards to the July 4th fireworks present within the space … and, she says she worries about all types of wildlife this time of yr.

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Nevertheless, she’s particularly involved in regards to the eagles … who she say have poor evening imaginative and prescient — and, in the event that they freak out and soar from the nest they may run right into a tree or get in any other case damage.
Steers says all of the hullabaloo across the 4th drastically lowers the eagles’ likelihood of survival … particularly throughout their first yr.
Her resolution’s easy … get rid of the fireworks across the Fourth like they’ve round Memorial Day and Labor Day — a transfer she says native leaders have been notably immune to.
Steers says she’s been advised tourism and economics are the explanations they will not finish this present … however, she thinks a quieter efficiency — like a drone present — would nonetheless carry folks out to the wilderness.
The fireworks are only some hours away … however, maybe Steers and her org will get their want in 2026.