Pembroke Pines could make the unlikely urban roost of an American bald eagle family on city-owned land a permanent nesting option.
"The goal is to protect the eagles and the environment," Mayor Frank Ortis said.
Ortis met in April with area bird watchers and wildlife protectionists who took stewardship of the eagle nest soon after it was reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission last spring by Silver Trail Middle School teacher Kelly Smith.
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