From last winter to this winter, the number of eagles has nearly doubled.KCCI Senior Reporter Todd Magel explains why our once endangered national symbol is now thriving in Iowa.More from Todd Magel: ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) — A proposed bill wants to make Iowans face a harsher penalty when it comes to killing the nation’s emblem, the bald eagle. The Iowa Department ...

The bald eagle has become a star here, a symbol that in a world barraged by news of species decline and climate change, ... MORE ON IOWA EAGLES: Decorah's famous eagles rebuild after tragedy; ...

KCCI Archive: 1,000 Iowa students took part in Bald Eagle Weekend in 1990. ... So the students are given a chance to see a bald eagle up close and see why it was designated our national symbol.

This year’s spring migration of bald eagles through Northern Iowa will certainly qualify as one of the best in our lifetimes. Observing our national emblem never grows old and the majestic birds ...

As the population has recovered, eagle nests are now reported in 86 of Iowa’s 99 counties. The highest concentration of eagles in the Midwest is along the Mississippi River.

Ehresman says the program to restore the eagle started with a rather modest goal. He says back in the 1980s they set the goal to have 10 nesting pairs by the year 2000, and they ended up with over ...

DES MOINES - One of the premier bald eagle viewing areas in the United States is right here in Iowa at Keokuk, where up to 200 bald eagles have already. Skip to main content Skip to ...

DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers are again being asked to increase the state penalty for shooting bald eagles from $50 to $2,500, which is the same as the federal fine ...