The City of Unalaska has received permission from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove two bald eagle nests.

According to the Department of Public Works, one of the nests is located near the Illiuliuk Family and Health Services clinic, and the other is built along the “s-curves” of Airport Beach Road. The city will either dismantle the old nests or place an object, like a buoy, near them to prevent eagles from returning to lay eggs. The nest removals are weather dependent -- if mating season begins before the snow melts away, the city will leave the nests until the fall.

Disturbing eagles and their nests is a federal offense, and violators can be fined up to $200,000. But if an eagle nest is considered a danger to humans or the eagles themselves or if it’s preventing a construction project, the federal government will consider removals on a case-by-case basis.

The clinic nest falls into the first category. Multiple eagle attacks have been recorded at that location, and the Fish and Wildlife Service is waiving its usual $15,000 fee because the nest removal is a matter of safety.

However, it is charging the City of Unalaska for the removal of the nest near Airport Beach Road. The city wants that nest removed because it could prevent the construction of a bike path in the area.

Both nests went unused last year, says the Department of Public Works. So far, no eagles have been spotted trying to reclaim those nests for the upcoming mating season.

Right now, there are no plans to remove the eagle nest near the Dutch Harbor post office, where attacks have been reported in the past two years.