Operation Eagle Claw

Species Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ESA has helped prevent some of our most beloved creatures from extinction, including the Bald Eagle, Gray Wolf, the Florida Manatee, and the Atlantic Green Sea Turtle. Although the act has been tested by non-conservation supporting lawmakers, the act still remains successful due to its recovery rate and habitat…

End of Unit: Diversity Have you ever just ask yourself the question “What really is ‘normal’?” In the novels, Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Alex Rider: Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz the protagonists live less than “normal” lives. In Among the Hidden, the protagonist Luke Garner does not officially exist because the government does not allow families to have more than two children in fear of a global food shortage, so Luke is forced to stay in his home, and the most he’s…

on the ERA because of its prolific newsletters invoking ideals of religion, family, and custom; exaggerated interpretations of the amendment to create fear over the ERA; and efficacy in campaign events. Through the Eagle Forum, Schlafly wrote three different publications: The Eagle Forum, first published in 1972, The Phyllis Schlafly Report, published monthly since 1967 through her death in 2016, and The Education Reporter (Critchlow 288). In The Phyllis Schlafly Report, Schlafly published…

It is our national bird. The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a very large bird of prey found in throughout North America (Figure 7). It has mostly dark brown feathers, except for having white feathers on its head (Figure 6). This is how it got the name bald eagle. Their legs and bills are yellow. Babies are not born with this color pattern but obtain it in about five years. They live near bodies…

Walt Whitman, a well-known poet and journalist, was born on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, New York. Walt’s love for America and its democracy was contributed from his parents and his upbringing. His younger brothers are even named after his parents favorite American heros such as George Washington Whitman, Andrew Jackson Whitman, and Thomas Jefferson Whitman. Whitman and his family moved to Brooklyn, when he was just three years old. In New York his father hoped to take advantage of the economic…

The concept of the Ronald McDonald House Charity was shaped through the help of the NFL Philadelphia Eagles team, and proceeds from a local McDonald’s back in 1974. The partnership was formed after the former Eagles tight end, Fred Hill, daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia. Hill and his wife never left their daughter's side during her treatment. Hill began to see the struggles that himself and other families are faced when a loved one is sick. With hours of checkups and treatments, families…

and manufacturing industries. (BARNES Reports, 2013). Environment The Vail Valley Partnership (VVP), a combined Chamber of Commerce for Vail, Avon, Edwards, Eagle and Gypsum, provides two indications of local economic improvement: low unemployment and increasing sales tax collections: (vailvalleypartnership.com, 2015) • In July 2015, Eagle County 's unemployment rate decreased to…

But as I listened closely, I heard something else. Something that sounded like feathers. “What? Oh ya. Cat. What about you?” I asked the question carefully, not wanting to cross any boundaries. “Bald Eagle I think.” Hazel 's voice shook as she talked. “Hey. It 's not all bad. Look at this.” Hazel snapped out a pair of brown wings, brushing my face as she did. I stared in awe as she tested out the muscles. “Can you fly with those?” I had a hard time…

“We are going to need to take her into surgery once we get to the hospital in Denver.” She whispered to my dad. I was so scared. When I got to the hospital, they put me right into the operation room. They gave me some medicine and then I started to just talk to the doctor. The next thing I knew I had 4 metal rods sticking out of my femur. It felt so weird, especially that I couldn’t walk or bend my left leg. “The Surgery went great!” The…

I was around the age of Ten when I first caught a fish in Canada. It was in the middle of a hot summer day. There was the smell of newly bloomed flowers in the air. We were getting ready to board the boat when a bald eagle soared across the baby blue summer sky. The engine had just been turned on, and you could hear the steady beating drum of the motor, and you could smell the pungent odor of gasoline being burned. We had been gliding and bouncing over the dark murkey water for what felt like…