Saving Eagles at American Lake

Drive-by picture of the protected peninsula at American Lake, Pierce County, WA

 

About twenty years ago, my sister Alyce was instrumental in preserving a five acre piece of land at American Lake in Washington State.  The land was to be developed with lakefront homes, without regard to the nesting eagles in the treetops.  (Eagles prefer to roost in undeveloped forests close to shorelines.) Alyce got the word out, involving neighbors, a local Indian tribe, and the local newspaper.  The land is now managed by the Nature Conservancy in perpetuity.  Alyce drove us past this protected land on our way to points west.  I'm very proud and grateful she took on the fight for this land twenty years ago.