Center for Biological Diversity3y
Congress Calls for Lasting Protections for Migratory Birds
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, one of our nation’s first conservation laws ... unconstrained incidental take by oil and gas developers and other industries. “The MBTA has been a critical tool for bird ...
Center for Biological Diversity4y
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Gutting of Federal Protection for Migratory Birds
NEW YORK— National environmental groups filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York challenging the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which ...
Animal Welfare Institute6y
2018: The Year of the Bird
This year marks the 100th anniversary of another landmark bird conservation law, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). The MBTA makes it unlawful without a waiver to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, ...
JSTOR Daily5y
Burrowing owl and other migratory bird mitigation for a runway construction project at Edwards AFB
Abstract: Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) scheduled the construction of a runway in the spring of 2007. The runway would be in an area that contained migratory birds and their habitat. The construction ...
The Times-Standard (Eureka) on MSN1d
Watch out for nesting birds in vegetation management
Nests are not just found in trees, the city reminded residents. Many birds nest in shrubs, ground vegetation, gravel, stream banks and a variety of human-made structures. If a bird is observed ...