{"id":523020,"date":"2026-03-14T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/523020\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:03:12","slug":"sandy-steers-friends-of-big-bear-valley-executive-director-who-helped-bring-eagles-jackie-and-shadow-to-the-world-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/523020\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Steers, Friends of Big Bear Valley executive director who helped bring eagles Jackie and Shadow to the world, honored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">BIG BEAR, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; Sandy Steers, the executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley and a familiar face to many who follow the famed Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow, was honored Thursday at a California State Assembly session for her work as a longtime wildlife activist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/sandy-steers-helped-bring-big-bear-eagles-jackie-shadow-world-dies\/18589531\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steers died last month and is remembered as the woman who launched the Big Bear eagle cam<\/a>, the livestream cameras that offer a close-up look at the daily lives of Jackie and Shadow and the eggs they have laid over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It was first launched in 2015 to monitor wildlife at Big Bear. Throughout her career, Steers has not only had deep care for the eagles but also for every person, plant and animal in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Assemblyman Tom Lackey of District 24 honored Steers and spoke of her role as a visionary conservationist, mentor, mother and member of the Big Bear community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Sandy helped design the Big Bear bald eagle nest camera system, lending science to storytelling in a way that brought people closer, not only to nature but to each other,&#8221; Lackey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jackie and Shadow currently have two eggs in their nest and have been diligently taking care of them.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIG BEAR, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; Sandy Steers, the executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[235785,79,201],"class_list":["post-523020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-235785","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}