Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 454 into law, reenacting the California Migratory Bird Protection Act as codified in Section 3513 of the Fish and Game Code, on October 6, 2025. This state ...

Washington, DC—Late last week, the Department of the Interior reissued a legal opinion that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by no longer penalizing individuals and corporations for the ...

Throughout the last three and a half years, the Trump administration has rolled back fundamental protections for human health and the environment. Most of these rollbacks defy common sense – none more ...

Many thanks to Erick Greene, the director of UM's Bird Ecology Laboratory, for his column on Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt's push to weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. My generation has ...

Washington, DC—Update: On Feb. 9, the new leadership of the US Fish and Wildlife Service formally reopened public debate on a Trump-era regulation that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Comments ...

The Trump administration is taking a limited view of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act’s reach. A House Natural Resources subcommittee this week will discuss the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a century-old ...

Spring has sprung, yards are green again, flowers are blooming, and birds are nesting. What happens if they build a nest somewhere you don't want them to? Can you just move it? According to the ...

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Questions over whether the law covers “incidental take” are unsettled despite more than a century of litigation and administrative changes. A House panel on Wednesday explored the big mystery in the ...