08/28/2026
PROTECTED Mated Pair of Golden Eagles call Sand Wash Basin HOME.
The Question: Will a low flying helicopter roundup of wild horses at Sand Wash Basin, slated to begin September 10, 2026, "disturb"**, or "agitate"** the Golden Eagles?
The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2010-title16/pdf/USCODE-2010-title16-chap5A-subchapII.pdf), enacted in 1940
** Regulations further define "disturb" as “to agitate or bother a bald or golden eagle to a degree that causes, or is likely to cause, based on the best scientific information available, 1) injury to an eagle, 2) a decrease in its productivity, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior, or 3) nest abandonment, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior"
