Help Protect America’s Migratory Birds

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act helps protect over 1,000 species of birds—including cardinals, bald eagles, prairie falcons, and ducks—from unauthorized hunting, toxic waste, wind turbines, oil spills, and other industrial threats.

This conservation law has been instrumental in recovering iconic species from the brink since its inception 100 years ago. And it helped hold BP accountable for the deaths of over a million birds caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

But right now, President Trump’s Interior Department is attempting to gut this landmark legislation so that corporations and industries that kill birds are no longer held accountable for their actions.

Urge Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to keep the Migratory Bird Treaty Act strong and commit to saving migratory birds.

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Urge Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to keep the Migratory Bird Treaty Act strong and save migratory birds.

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Dear Secretary:

I'm appalled at your attempts -- backed by President Trump -- to gut the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), one of our nation's first and most fundamental conservation laws.

This landmark piece of legislation helps:

* Protect over 1,000 species of birds, including cardinals, bald eagles, prairie falcons, and ducks, from unauthorized hunting, toxic waste, wind turbines, oil spills, and other industrial threats

* Save our most threatened iconic species from the brink of extinction

* Hold companies like BP accountable for injuring or killing wildlife as a result of man-made catastrophic events like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which caused the death of over a million birds

Birds are not only magnificent creatures to watch and admire; they also help regulate our ecosystems and play a crucial role in our economy.

For these reasons, please enforce this vital law to help save our nation's beloved migratory birds for generations to come.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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