William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman a wildlife rehabilitator based in Greene County is praising New York state for revising rules covering human interactions with bald eagles. She is also warning that the national bird's comeback could be threatened if the new guidelines are not heeded or if food consumed by eagles becomes contaminated. She said the incidental feedings bring the risk of parasites. And “that can contaminate the water, and if you contaminate the water, you can contaminate the eagle,” said Missy Runyan, founder of the FFF Wildlife Center in Hunter. The new guidelines require a minimum 330-foot buffer zone around nests, and a construction ban within a quarter mile of an eagle nest, if there is no visual buffer. Runyan also warns about lead bullets and the fragments that result from hunting the animals that eagles eat, such as deer, coyotes, woodchucks and raccoons. The bald eagle population in New York has increased from one nesting pair in 1970 to 254 pairs in 2014. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.