SOUTH DAKOTA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: AQUILA CHRYSAETOS 

 Common Name: GOLDEN EAGLE 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S4B,S3N Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code: ABNKC22 010 .041 

 Element occurrence type : 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-SUM Elevation: 3200 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R24D00 



Last observation: 1984-SUM Size (acres) : 



Location: 



SOUTH CAVE HILLS; 10 MI W AND 4 MI S OF LUDLOW 



Element occurrence data: 



1979-ADULT AND ONE YOUNG OBSERVED AT STICK NEST; 1984-ONE YOUNG 

 OBSERVED; 1989-NO ACTIVITY OBSERVED AT STICK NEST 



General site description: 



PONDEROSA PINE HILLS WITH STEEP CLIFFS, MIXED GRASS PRAIRIE, SAGEBRUSH 

 AND WOODY DRAWS 



Land owner/manager : 

 SOUTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



CNF#GE79 



Information source: BENZON, TED, WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, GAME, FISH & 



PARKS, 3305 W. SOUTH ST., RAPID CITY, SD, 57701, 

 394-1751 



