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Bald eagles came off the endangered species list in 2007 because they were doing so well. These days you can see more bald eagles than in any time in the past 50 years, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The agency has just finalized¹ a new rule about bald and golden eagles, which revises the permitting system for unintentional impacts on eagles.

Brian Millsap is the National Raptor Coordinator² with the Fish and Wildlife Service. He says "unintentional impacts" are human actions that cause injury or disturbance³ to eagles, or accidental death.

"For example, power lines which bring us power to our houses also can electrocute eagles. That's unintentional. The electric companies don't intend for that to happen, but it happens," he says.

He says the Eagle Act prohibits even unintentional harm to eagles. So, for example, without these rules, any company whose power line or wind turbine accidentally harmed an eagle was technically⁴ breaking the law.

"These regulations allow those companies to obtain a permit and operate legally, even though they might take an eagle. The conditions under which they can get those permits are that they have to implement⁵ all practical avoidance and minimization measures," he says.

Millsap says the agency has been doing research to make sure that these new permits don't add any stress to existing eagle populations.

"We've used that in state-of-the-art models that allow us to estimate what proportion of additional mortalities each species might be able to sustain and still meet our objective, which is that the populations minimally⁶, are stable, and ideally, are able to grow," he says.

He says the agency also has legal avenues for anyone who ignores the law.

"Our office of law enforcement has made enforcement of illegal eagle take a high priority," he says. "We've made a number of cases over the last couple of years, with wind companies and with utility companies that have steadfastly⁷ refused to pay attention to the Eagle Act requirements."

1 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

3 disturbance   

n.动乱，骚动；打扰，干扰；(身心)失调

参考例句：

• He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
• You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。

4 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

5 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

6 minimally   

最低限度地，最低程度地

参考例句：

• Food spoilage problems occur with minimally processed, concentrated frozen citrus products. 食品的变质也发生在轻微加工的、浓缩冷冻的柑橘制品中。
• So, minimally, they are responsible for such actions and omissions. 所以，至少来说，他们要对这样的行为和忽略负责。

7 steadfastly   

adv.踏实地，不变地；岿然；坚定不渝

参考例句：

• So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work. 他就像这样坐着，停止了工作，直勾勾地瞪着眼。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• Defarge and his wife looked steadfastly at one another. 德伐日和他的妻子彼此凝视了一会儿。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记