Biologist: Eagles nesting at Lake Cumberland

SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — A state biologist says at least one pair of bald eagles is nesting at Lake Cumberland and that the birds are making a comeback in the area.

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources biologist John Williams told The Commonwealth-Journal (http://bit.ly/Z8kUJt ) there may be more than one pair at the lake. Williams says since the federal government banned the pesticide DDT in 1972 and a national re-introduction of the birds in the 1970s and 1980s, the number of nesting bald eagles around Kentucky has steadily increased.