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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term. Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. Fish and Wildlife Service 6 counted 71.1 million wildlife watchers in the U.S., million hunters.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is in the midst of overhauling its interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and it recently issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on its proposed interpretation. The Obama Administration adopted this interpretation in a memo. The public can comment until July 20, 2020.

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and freeing the seventeen refuge employees to go back to work. What has been the Republican response to this illegal occupation ? The lands that wise men from Theodore Roosevelt to President Obama have set aside, not only for Americans, but all people on Earth to enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLFQnW7CUc.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent.

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