Mary Ann Thomas Monday, March 13, 2023 5:01 a.m. | Monday, March 13, 2023 5:01 a.m.

Bald eagles have had a tough go over the years, in large part because of the pesticide DDT that once was widely used. “Shortly after World War II, DDT was hailed as a new pesticide to control ...

The bald eagle has been a major player in American conservation history ... When the story of its poisoning by DDT was popularized in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a nascent environmental movement ...