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[27] Alexander K. Obrecht, Migrating Towards an Incidental Take Permit Program: Overhauling the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to Comport with Modern Industrial Operations, 54 Nat. Res. J. 107, 132-38 ...
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.
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.
On September 4, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling in United States v. CITGO that a “taking” subject to prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA ...
The prohibitions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703) that make it unlawful at any time, by any means or in any manner, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, or kill migratory birds, or ...
Joe Luppino-Esposito is the director of Rule of Law Initiatives at the Due Process Institute. Do you own a home with large windows? Is there a cat that you let out in your backyard? If so, then ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
On Jan. 30, wildlife officials unveiled their new rule for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which chops out language from the legislation that has been crucial to conservation efforts.