Demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles across North America with Dr. Vince Slabe

This week we sit down with a raptor ecologist who is informing
the nation through his in depth research regarding the
demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles. Over the
past year, his paper has been featured in National
Geographic, The New York Times, Popular Science, The
Wall Street Journal, and many more. 


Mandela recently collaborated with him on a lead-free ammunition
shooting demo in Livingston and they recorded this interview
afterwards!


"Demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles across
North America" 





This paper published in Science, which was lead by Dr. Vince
Slabe, is the first to show continent-wide demographic
consequences of chronic lead poisoning on Bald and Golden Eagles.
It was found that nearly half of studied eagles exhibited chronic
lead poisoning, and that lead poisoning is a barrier to the
growth of eagle populations across North America.


Vince is originally from central Illinois and graduated with a
B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Illinois. Shortly after,
he travelled west and quickly developed a strong interest in bird
research. Vince worked on multiple avian research and monitoring
projects in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming before
completing a Ph.D. at West Virginia University in Forest
Resources Science. Vince’s dissertation focused on lead poisoning
of bald and golden eagles on a nationwide scale.


At CSG, Vince is focused on running non-lead ammunition programs
and studying if the increased use of non-lead ammunition results
in reductions of bald and golden eagle
mortality. Additionally, he is working on a project studying
movements of golden eagles in Alaska. Vince is a member of the
Raptor Research Foundation, the Eastern Golden Eagle Working
Group, and serves as an associate editor for the Journal of
Raptor Research.


Vince and his family live in Montana. When not working, Vince
enjoys spending time with his family, floating the river,
birding, cross-country skiing, fishing, hunting, biking and
listening to Chicago Cubs baseball. 



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