. . . these are the "officials" I was refering too. This was posted on John Crookes thread about the Eagles in Homer.
here is the link to the treaty which has under it guidelines the statues
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/eagle/guidelines/bgepa.html
For purposes of these guidelines, "disturb" means: “to agitate or bother a bald or golden eagle to a degree that causes, or is likely to cause, based on the best scientific information available, 1) injury to an eagle, 2) a decrease in its productivity, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior, or 3) nest abandonment, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior
Wildlife officials have agreed that the amount of feeding that occured made a difference in the Eagles normal behavior and could have been subjet to fines and penalties . . .