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Bald Eagles Limit Florida Church's Expansion Plans

By Howard Friedman

Tuesday's Lakewood Ranch (FL) Herald reports on an unusual land use problem faced by a Bradenton, Florida Catholic parish. Since 1999, the presence of nesting bald eagles on a 14-acre site that Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church had acquired for a building has dictated the kind of development the rapidly-growing congregation can pursue. So far, it has kept its expansion within U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines that require a 330 foot buffer between buildings and nesting eagles, sometimes through the use of modular buildings. If the eagles ever leave, the church hopes to build a new sanctuary on the northeast quadrant of its land.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).