The deadline for comments is March 19th
The Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a rule change that would severely
weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act allowing industry to “take” birds as long
as their intent was not to kill birds. That means that BP would have been off
the hook for the million birds that died from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Here is the FWS notice for the rule change. .
https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=u.s.-fish-and-wildlife-service-solicits-public-input-on-proposed-rule-and-&_ID=36517
<https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=u.s.-fish-and-wildlife-service-solicits-public-input-on-proposed-rule-and-&_ID=36517>
Here’s where to post your comments.
https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090-0001&p=1 ;
<https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FWS-HQ-MB-2018-0090-0001&p=1>
Below are links to the action alerts put out by Audubon and NRDC. There are
letters on those sites you can use as a template.
This is a serious threat to bird conservation. If you haven’t written a letter
about an issue before – please consider changing that. It’s important
Danny Gaddy, President
Melinda Welton & Dick Preston, Conservation Policy Committee Co-chairs
Tennessee Ornithological Society
Links to the Audubon and NRDC letters
Audubon:
https://act.audubon.org/onlineactions/_g3AwivRA0CnotOktjzvPQ2?ms=policy-adv-web-website_nas-engagementcard-20200130_mbta_rulemaking_alert
<https://act.audubon.org/onlineactions/_g3AwivRA0CnotOktjzvPQ2?ms=policy-adv-web-website_nas-engagementcard-20200130_mbta_rulemaking_alert>
NRDC:
https://act.nrdc.org/letter/4757-migratory-birds-200227?source=EMOMBRPET&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=text2&utm_campaign=email&t=3&akid=9064%2E425508%2Efb8n59
<https://act.nrdc.org/letter/4757-migratory-birds-200227?source=EMOMBRPET&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=text2&utm_campaign=email&t=3&akid=9064.425508.fb8n59>
Melinda Welton
Nashville, TN
