{"id":40092,"date":"2025-07-05T06:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/40092\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T06:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:33:13","slug":"wildlife-advocate-says-eaglets-in-big-bear-at-risk-because-of-4th-of-july-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/40092\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Advocate Says Eaglets in Big Bear at Risk Because of 4th of July Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wildlife Advocate Sandy Steers
\n Big Bear Fireworks Could Hurt Eaglets
\n … Cause Confusion, Could Lead to Injuries<\/p>\n

\n Published July 4, 2025 3:16 PM PDT\n <\/p>\n

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A wildlife advocate says the fireworks in Big Bear could seriously impact the young bald eagles born just a few months ago … and, they need to be stopped.<\/p>\n

We spoke with Sandy Steers<\/strong> — the executive director of the environmental org. the Friends of Big Bear Valley — about the July 4th fireworks show in the area … and, she says she worries about all kinds of wildlife this time of year.<\/p>\n

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However, she’s especially concerned about the eagles … who she say have poor night vision — and, if they freak out and jump from the nest they could run into a tree or get otherwise hurt.<\/p>\n

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Steers says all the hullabaloo around the 4th drastically lowers the eagles’ chance of survival … especially during their first year<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her solution’s simple … do away with the fireworks around the Fourth like they have around Memorial Day and Labor Day — a move she says local leaders have been particularly resistant to.<\/p>\n


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Steers says she’s been told tourism and economics are the reasons they won’t end this show … but, she thinks a quieter performance — like a drone show — would still bring people out to the wilderness.<\/p>\n

The fireworks are only a few hours away … but, perhaps Steers and her org will get their wish in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wildlife Advocate Sandy Steers Big Bear Fireworks Could Hurt Eaglets … Cause Confusion, Could Lead to Injuries Published…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-40092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114799234548371900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}