"The bald eagle has been quite a nice success story, not just in Connecticut but nationwide," a DEEP biologist said.

The bald eagle population is making a return to the Connecticut River Valley. Photo by Craig Mellish/special to The Commons This story by Robert F. Smith was first published in The Commons on April 14 ...

With the bald eagle listed on the Endangered Species List beginning in 1963, the bird was close to disappearing in the lower 48 U.S. states. But now it has made quite a comeback, including in Ohio.