February 10, 2012
Dear Friends,
I founded the Eagle Institute to support the return of the endangered eagle to the Upper Delaware River region. Nearly two decades ago, I dreamed things would turn out just as they have: The eagles are back in the Watershed and thriving, the Eagle Institute is supported and run by incredible volunteers, members, and contributors who are passionately concerned about the protection of our national symbol and its habitat, and we have educated nearly 50,000 people over the years about the critical role this region's healthy lands and clean water play in the survival of this magnificent bird. We are ready to open the next chapter in our success story.
Like Lori, I founded the Delaware Highlands Conservancy nearly two decades ago because of my own love for the beautiful Delaware River and all the lands and waters of this watershed region. As the Eagle Institute has been for Lori, for me the Conservancy has been a dream come true. Since its founding, the Conservancy has protected over 13,000 acres of farms, forests, waters, and wildlife habitats in the Upper Delaware River region. Like the Eagle Institute, the Conservancy is peopled by dedicated members, volunteers, and supporters who are passionately committed to its conservation vision and who have propelled its incredible success.
Barbara Yeaman, Founder, Delaware Highlands Conservancy
Early in 2011, Barbara and I, along with Sue, the Conservancy's Executive Director, and its Board of Directors, began to envision a new dream. What if these two successful organizations committed to the same vision of eagles thriving in a habitat of healthy lands and clean water came together? We have been partnering for years in educational programs and events, and we have always supported each other’s habitat and wildlife stewardship and protection efforts.
Like Lori and Barbara, I saw very quickly that bringing the Eagle Institute and the Delaware Highlands Conservancy together would be the perfect partnership. As the Conservancy’s Executive Director and after talking in detail with Lori, I realized that coming together means both organizations will be stronger. In these days of doing more with less, we will share our resources, so those resources will go further. We will combine the energy of dedicated members, volunteers, and supporters, so we can protect more eagle habitat than ever before. We will reach more and more people with the message that the eagle thrives when the lands and waters where it lives are healthy and protected.
Sue Currier, Executive Director, Delaware Highlands Conservancy
Barbara, Sue, and I along with all of you who support the Eagle Institute know what it feels like to watch an eagle fly freely; to see it dive for its food or perch majestically against a winter blue sky. We all realize that if the eagles are thriving, the lands and waters where they live are healthy for humans, too. Eagles are good for our hearts, our spirits; their healthy habitat is good for our bodies. We need to make sure the eagles and their habitat are protected now and into the future.
Together our two organizations will move into the future more capable than ever of protecting eagles and eagle habitat. We are incredibly enthusiastic by the unlimited potential of this new partnership. With your support, this new chapter in the story of two dedicated conservation organizations will be even more successful than the previous one.
For more information on the perfect partnership, please visit eagleinstitute.org, or delawarehighlands.org, email eagles@delawarehighlands.org or call 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010.
Come soar with us! We look forward to sharing this new and wonderful journey with you.
Sincerely,
Lori McKean
Executive Director and Founder, Eagle Institute
Barbara Yeaman
Founder and Vice President, Delaware Highlands Conservancy
Sue Currier
Executive Director, Delaware Highlands Conservancy
We are located in the heart of one of the largest bald eagle wintering areas in the Northeast U.S. Our winter field office is in Lackawaxen, PA, (GPS coordinates: Lat 41.48181°N; Long. 74.98563° W), just across the Roebling Bridge from Minisink Ford, NY. Our program area reaches New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey locations in the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area watersheds and the Mongaup Valley Wildlife Management Area.
The Eagle Institute public programs are held during the winter months,
when 150-200 bald eagles migrate to this region. 
To minimize disturbance
during the breeding season, our only public program from March through
July is in cooperation with the Basha Kill Area Association’s thebashakill.org
Nature Watch program. We also collect data about the region’s nesting
pairs and encourage participation through our Kitchen
Counters Program.
The Eagle Institute relies on Volunteers, Donations and Membership Fees to deliver our public programs and services.
Celebrating The Return of the Bald Eagle Now in our Second Decade of Service
As published in The Morning Call,
"Thanks to conservation efforts, eagle-watching thrives on the Delaware."
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The data you provide is shared with the agencies responsible for the eagles and their habitat. We appreciate your stewardship and personal responsibility for helping.
The Kitchen Counter is funded in part with a Community Investment grant from Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.
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