CEDAR GLEN WINTERING BALD EAGLE COMPLEX AT LOCK AND DAM 19,
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  

Thomas C. Dunstan. Department of Biological Sciences, Western
Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455.

In 1970, Cedar Glen, a 4-acre "bowl" formed by erosion in Keokuk
limestone bluffs of Valmyrian Age, and a total of 182 acres of
mixed hardwood forest, were purchased by the Illinois Chapter of
the Nature Conservancy in cooperation with Western Illinois
University as the nation's first dedicted and managed bald eagle
night roost for migrating and wintering bald eagles.  Reserach
and management at the site has continued through the winter of
1998 and involved:  1.  Additional land acquisition; 2. No-
trespass seasons and zones; 3. Vegetation management; 4.
Artificial perch structures; 5. Eagle habitat use; 6. Eagle food
habits and foraging behavior; 7. Eagle population characteristics
and dynamics; and 8. Eagle interactions with humans.  The
presentation chronicles the 30-year history, and details the
development of the present 1,800-acre Bald Eagle wintering
complex and multiple use area from River Mile (RM) 358 upstream
to RM 364.5 at Lock and Dam 19, Keokuk, IA and Hamilton, IL.  

Keywords:  bald eagle, Mississippi River, night roost, chronicle