The Wintering Eagles have left the region. Please don't disturb our breeding eagles.
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."
The News Eagle, February 24, 2010
Boy’s Donation Surprises Eagle Institute in Lackawaxen
Lackawaxen, PA— The Eagle Institute is a grassroots volunteer
organization that operates on a shoestring budget supported by grants
and donations. It takes a lot of work to gather up $500 from the typical
donations ranging from $10 to $30. So imagine their excitement when they
recently received a $500 donation. And imagine their surprise to learn
it came from a nine-year-old boy.
Sam Walker lives in Connecticut and is a big fan of all wildlife. He is especially fond of bald eagles, particularly the ones he sees from his family’s weekend home in Barryville, NY. Sam wanted to do something to help protect bald eagles “because of its population drop caused by DDT and other chemicals,” he said. As President of the non-profit group Enviro-mento, which has been fundraising for good causes at his elementary school since kindergarten, he initiated and conducted a fundraising campaign to raise money to help the Eagle Institute with its work on the Upper Delaware River. He recruited some friends, went door-to-door and put up signs announcing his cause.
“I picked the Eagle Institute because of the sightings we’ve had on our lake and because I’ve always admired what you’ve been doing,” Walker told the Eagle Institute.
On the Enviro-mento website, Walker posted: “The Eagle Institute is our favorite organization because they are friends, rescuers and educators that help the legendary Bald Eagle and other birds of prey…Earlier this year we raised $500 to help the endangered bald eagle.
The funds were used this season to help offset the cost of purchasing new spotting scopes and binoculars, hand warmers and foot warmers for the Eagle Institute volunteers to use when collecting data and assisting visitors at the five public eagle viewing sites in the Upper Delaware watershed. The programs take place in winter, when 150-200 bald eagles migrate to this region.
“Sam’s efforts are so appreciated by myself and the volunteers,” said Lori McKean, Eagle Institute director. “Our equipment gets pretty beat up out there and we really needed to replace some older pieces and increase the number of scopes we have out in the field. Plus the volunteers really appreciate the hand warmers and foot warmers that we provide.”
Walker’s ambitions don’t stop at bald eagles. The Enviro-mento tagline is: “from bees to elephants big and small, we’ll be able to save them all!” And he just might. When he grows up, Sam would like to be a professor to educate the world on the importance of a healthy environment. “Also I might be a vet too,” he added.
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The Kitchen Counter is funded in part with a Community Investment grant from Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.
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