Defenders of Wildlife: Former Interior Officials Want Secretary Bernhardt to Reconsider Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act
February 15, 2020
February 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news:
A bipartisan coalition of 15 former Department of the Interior officials spanning the last 40 years sent a letter to Interior Secretary Bernhardt condemning a new proposal to further weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by ending all enforcement against unintentional but predictable killing of migratory birds by commercial activities.
"This is a new, contrived legal standard that creates a . . .
A bipartisan coalition of 15 former Department of the Interior officials spanning the last 40 years sent a letter to Interior Secretary Bernhardt condemning a new proposal to further weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by ending all enforcement against unintentional but predictable killing of migratory birds by commercial activities.
"This is a new, contrived legal standard that creates a . . .