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Wente Eagle Trail (241 words) |
 | The aim of the Eagle Trail program is to provide new Scouts the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills needed to pass some of the requirements for the Tenderfoot through First Class ranks. |
 | Eagle Trail Advanced is the place for older scouts to earn Eagle required merit badges. |
 | Because they are Eagle required, they are harder than the camp merit badges and are limited to scouts who are 14 and older, are Star rank or better AND have completed the 8th grade. |
| Newsletter (2583 words) |
 | A growing number of migrating eagles are beginning to use the Hudson River as wintering grounds, with about 30 eagles reported in the area this past winter. |
 | While the Eagle Institute has been praised for providing the interpretive and educational opportunities that ensure the "safest and least intrusive eagle viewing experience" and for providing an economic development opportunity in a region that relies on tourism, we also have been accused of exploiting the resource and creating unfavorable conditions. |
 | Eagle watching, if done intelligently and sensitively, can be the "green" answer to environmental and economic problems we have seen in the past and hope to avoid in the future. |