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JANUARY 12, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). The Obama Administration formally adopted the strict liability interpretation in a memo. Thus, the Trump Administration’s four-year campaign to undermine the MBTA is almost certainly going to fail.

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JUNE 16, 2020

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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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Photograph of a Wild Turkey at Flatrock Brook Nature Center, in Englewood, New Jersey, by Corey. Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.

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