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Biden Administration Takes Steps to Reinstate Migratory Bird Protections After Trump Rule Struck Down by Court
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Biden Administration Takes Steps to Reinstate Migratory Bird Protections After Trump Rule Struck Down by Court

The U.S. began a process to formally withdraw a Trump action that removed “incidental take” protections from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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As bird-lovers celebrated World Migratory Bird Day on May 8, new science had already determined that in the last half century around 3 billion birds in North America had been lost, and that two-thirds of the continent’s feathered friends today are at risk due to climate change.

That’s why the Biden administration this month began a new rulemaking process to formally withdraw the Trump administration action that removed “incidental take” protections from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

According to the Audubon Society, the Biden team in March rescinded the “M-Opinion” implemented by the Trump administration, which was struck down in federal court last August, a decision that unequivocally upheld the most effective bird conservation law on the books.