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Wildlife Advocates Push to Cancel Fireworks over Concerns for Eagle Family
- An Independence Day fireworks display is set for July 4, 2025, at Big Bear Lake despite a petition to cancel it over eagle safety concerns.
- The petition, created June 24, has over 35,000 signatures urging the delay or ban of the show to protect the resident eagle family, especially eaglets Sunny and Gizmo.
- Friends of Big Bear Valley caution that the noise and flashes from fireworks may startle eagles, leading them to abandon their nests and face hazardous situations, while local officials seek to find a balance between honoring tradition, supporting tourism, and protecting the environment.
- Visit Big Bear and partners plan to launch an under-30-minute fireworks show over water at 8:45 p.m. to support local businesses and provide a sanctioned celebration limiting illegal fireworks.
- The event's continuation highlights ongoing tensions between protecting wildlife and sustaining Big Bear's $350 million tourism economy, with officials acknowledging community concerns but proceeding as scheduled.
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Wildlife advocates push to cancel fireworks over concerns for eagle family
An Independence Day fireworks display at Big Bear Lake in California is threatening the safety of a famous eagle family, according to wildlife officials. Now a local nonprofit is calling for the show to be canceled. Local community interests, however, are pushing back, noting that the city relies on the tourism that surrounds the July 4th festivities. What does the group want? Nonprofit organization Friends of Big Bear Valley, which operates a 2…
Big Bear Fourth of July fireworks show to proceed despite concerns over bald eaglets
A fireworks show is set to be held as scheduled despite concerns from thousands of people who say the fireworks could have potentially harmful effects on the area's bald eagles.
The Desert Sun
Ventura County StarSupport floods in for Big Bear eagles Sunny and Gizmo over Fourth of July fireworks concerns
Friends of Big Bear Valley described in a Facebook post and petition how fireworks risk the safety of Jackie, Shadow, Sunny and Gizmo.
Officials respond to concerns over Big Bear 4th of July fireworks show
Fire officials in Big Bear responded Tuesday to some concerns from the public about the city's planned 4th of July fireworks show, which takes place over Big Bear Lake. Some residents have expressed concerns that the show could potentially ignite a wildfire in Big Bear Valley. The Big Bear Fire Authority tried to ease those concerns, reminding the public that the fireworks are launched from a barge on the west end of the lake with a perimeter th…
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