But hunting for the feather trade and the use of wild bird game in commercial food markets ended in the United States with the passage, in 1918, of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or MBTA. It ...

Canada is happy again. It was not happy in December 2017 when the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior reinterpreted the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act so that it allowed industry to ...

Two recent developments signal important changes to the current administration’s position on incidental take under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”): ...

Late last week, the Department of the Interior reissued a legal opinion that weakens the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by no longer penalizing individuals and corporations for the incidental ...

Aug. 4—The U.S. Department of Justice said that 27-year-old Carlos T. Ortiz of Live Oak pleaded guilty Friday to the transportation and receipt of untagged migratory game birds, a violation of ...

Snow geese and white-fronted geese lay dead after a Sutter County hunting expedition. These birds are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of ...

According to the U.S. Attorney's office, 64-year-old Robert Ferreira is accused of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act when he allegedly shot at, injured, and killed Red-Tailed and Cooper's ...

The "Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918" gave federal protection to several species of birds in the US, including the Canadian Goose.The birds were rare in India ...

Fish and Wildlife officials wrote, “The Service has a Migratory Bird Treaty Act special purpose permit to implement the strategy.

The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, officials say.