Recently, industry won a major legal victory regarding liability—or lack thereof—for unintentional and indirect bird deaths under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Unfortunately, that ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), enacted in 1918 and one of the oldest U.S. environmental laws, prohibits the unauthorized killing of migratory birds. 16 U.S.C. §§703-712. The MBTA was ...

But hunting for the feather trade and the use of wild bird game in commercial food markets ended in the United States with the passage, in 1918, of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or MBTA. It ...

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced the proposal of a rule that would define a key issue regarding the scope of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”). The ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) has protected birds for 100 years. Protection stopped in 2017 when, two days before Christmas, the current administration “reinterpreted” the MBTA to ...

One hundred years after the passing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service changed how the law is enforced under the Trump administration.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is one of the oldest federal wildlife laws on the books. Passed in 1918, it prohibits the “hunt, take, capture (or) kill” of migratory birds and protects their ...

If so, then you might just wind up violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), if the federal government’s interpretation of the Act is allowed to stand.

The Trump Administration has issued a proposed rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 5915 (February 3, 2020), that would codify its interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), 16 U.S.C. 703 et seq., as ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) protects migratory birds that are not necessarily endangered and, thereby, protected under the ESA. 16 U.S.C. § 703 et seq. The MBTA makes it unlawful at any ...