California and Nevada Golden Eagle Working Group

The Golden Eagle Working Group (GEWG) was established in 2011 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Migratory Bird Program, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW).  The purpose of the GEWG is to provide a public forum for state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, researchers, landowners, and other interested parties to discuss and coordinate conservation topics surrounding Golden Eagles in California and Nevada, such as information and data sharing. The USFWS is lead for developing GEWG agendas and overall meeting planning.  Two subgroups were formed subsequent to the GEWG formation - the research and data subgroups. The data subgroup’s main task was to develop a comprehensive database and data set for Golden Eagle observations for California and Nevada. A database was developed and populated and is managed by CDFW as part of the California Natural Diversity Database. The research subgroup is now an independent body of the GEWG, renamed the Golden Eagle Science Team, and is led by CDFW and NDOW. Though a separate body from the GEWG, the Golden Eagle Science Team provides regular updates to the GEWG, and topics addressed within this group may be informed by the GEWG.

Working Group Meetings and Products

• February 20, 2019
  • Agenda (PDF) and Meeting Notes (PDF)
• November 4, 2015
  • Agenda (PDF) and Meeting Notes (PDF)
• January 27, 2014
  • Agenda (PDF) and Meeting Notes (PDF)
• December 12, 2012
  • Agenda (PDF) and Meeting Notes (PDF)
• November 15, 2011
  • Agenda (PDF) and Meeting Notes (PDF)
• May 12, 2011
  • Agenda (PDF) and Meeting Notes (PDF)

Working Group Distribution List

• GEWG Distribution List (PDF)(opens in new tab)

Survey Guidance and Protocols

• Interim Golden Eagle Inventory and Monitoring Protocols; and Other Recommendations - USFWS, February 2010 (PDF)
• Protocol for Golden Eagle Occupancy, Reproduction, and Prey Population Assessment - Driscoll, 2010 (PDF)
• Golden Eagle Mortality Investigation and Carcass Submission Protocol - USFWS 2014 (PDF)*
  *Note: Eagle carcasses in California may be sent to CDFW Wildlife Investigation Lab for sampling prior to being sent to the Eagle Repository. Contact Krysta.Rogers@wildlife.ca.gov for more information.