LBL – A rescued female bald eagle has
found her new home at the
Woodlands Nature Station
through a partnership between
the Friends of Land Between the
Lakes, USDA Forest Service, and
American Eagle Foundation.
In March of 2022, a team from the Woodlands Nature Station picked up the 7-year-old nonreleasable bald eagle with a partial wing amputation resulting from a gunshot wound, all according to a release from the Friends of Land Between the Lakes.
She comes from Upstate New York along the St. Lawrence River and was given to the
American Eagle Foundation last year. Her rescuers gave her the name Tahahente, a
Native American name meaning “one who leads.”
Tahahente will fill the role left by Artemis, the 46-year-old female bald eagle who passed
away last September of natural causes after being the Woodlands Nature Station’s eagle
ambassador for 38 years. “Artemis taught over a half of a million visitors about her
species over her time, we hope this new eagle will do the same,” said John Pollpeter, lead
naturalist for the Woodlands Nature Station.
Land Between the Lakes has a decades-long history of bald eagle conservation and
recovery, having released 44 eagles back into the wild in the 1980s and bringing this
magnificent bird back to an area that hadn’t seen them in 40 years. “Even though bald
eagles are heavily protected and had a remarkable comeback, poaching, lead poisoning,
and habitat destruction can still be big factors in their continued recovery,” said
Pollpeter.
The new bald eagle is now on exhibit at the Woodlands Nature Station. The Woodlands
Nature Station is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday during March, and
seven days a week beginning in April. Information on admission and
naturalist programs
can be accessed on the official Land Between the Lakes
website: www.landbetweenthelakes.us.
About the Friends of Land Between the Lakes
The Friends of Land Between the Lakes have partnered with the Land
Between the Lakes National Recreation Area of the USDA Forest
Service to provide interpretive and informative services along with
support services for those visiting the
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
More information is available at www.friendsoflbl.org.
The Friends are supported through business and personal
memberships, gift shop sales and other contributions.
Media Contact:
John Pollpeter
Lead Naturalist, Woodlands Nature Station
jpollpeter@friendsoflbl.org
2 March 2022
For Immediate Release
Land Between the Lakes
Welcomes New Bald
Eagle to Woodlands
Nature Station
Golden Pond, KY
Land Between the Lakes,
Ky./Tenn. – March 2, 2022 –
In the featured photo, Jack of Jack and Lizzy fame of the resident nesting bald eagles at historic Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Dover, Tennessee welcomes the new bald eagle to the Land Between the Lakes area. – Photo by David R. Ross – LBLUS.com
