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Mongabay: Mitchell Byrd, ornithologist who helped bring bald eagles back from the brink in the Chesapeake area
Summary
Byrd, director emeritus of W&M's Center for Conservation Biology, was profiled in this article from Mongabay.
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"...Mitchell A. Byrd was among those who devoted a career to that task. Over more than half a century, much of it at the College of William & Mary, he became closely associated with efforts to monitor and restore bird populations in Virginia and the wider Chesapeake region. He was widely credited with helping to bring the bald eagle back from the edge of disappearance in the state, though he was inclined to deflect such claims, attributing recovery to broader forces while emphasizing the importance of habitat protection and public awareness..."