Eagles Over Lake Monroe
Each February, SAS cosponsors Eagles Over Monroe, an annual celebration of Lake Monroe’s unique history with the Bald Eagle.
Once abundant, Bald Eagles were endangered nationwide and in the 1970s almost completely absent from Indiana’s skies. In the 1980s, Indiana began a three-year Bald Eagle Reintroduction Program. It placed eaglets from Wisconsin and Alaska on a 25-foot tower in a remote part of Lake Monroe, feeding them daily until they could obtain food themselves. Thanks to this program, Indiana is now home to over 350 nesting pairs of Bald Eagles!
The three-day Eagles Over Monroe celebration offers many activities and programs that enable people to learn about and appreciate Bald Eagles and other birds: guided walks, self-guided driving tours, live bird shows, information sessions, crafts, and more.
For this year’s dates, please see our Events page for February.
