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: ABNKC22010.047 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County: 



USGS quadrangle: LUDLOW 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 005E 02 NE4NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: Elevation: 3240 - 



First observation: 1983 Slope/aspect: R24E01 



Last observation: 1989-SUM Size (acres) : 



Location: 



NORTH CAVE HILLS; 5 MI W AND 1 MI S OF LUDLOW 



Element occurrence data: 



1983 -ONE YOUNG OBSERVED AT NEST SITE; 1989-TWO YOUNG OBSERVED 



General site description: 



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

 AND WOODY DRAWS 



Land owner/manager: 

 NORTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



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



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

 394-1751 



