Trump Gutted a Law That Saved Millions of Birds Every Year – Here’s Our
Chance to Restore It
Submit an official public comment asking the Biden administration to
restore protections for birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Dear NRDC Activist,
In a blatant handout to the oil and gas industry, former President Trump
gutted a landmark law that has saved millions of birds every year. Now, we
have a chance to undo Trump's damage — but we must act by March 1.
[ [link removed] ]Join our fight to save the Migratory Bird Treaty Act: Submit an
official public comment calling on the Biden administration to restore
critical bird protections.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) is one of America's oldest
conservation laws. Before Trump dramatically weakened it, it safeguarded
more than one thousand bird species from threats like toxic waste and oil
spills.
Snowy egrets, wood ducks, sandhill cranes, and many other species are
around today because the MBTA pulled them back from the brink of
extinction.
There has never been a more critical time to have a robust MBTA. We are
living amid a severe global biodiversity crisis and climate change
threatens to wipe out two-thirds of all bird species. Nearly 3 billion
North American birds have been lost just since the 1970s.
The Trump administration exacerbated these threats by illegally gutting
the MBTA so that corporations could no longer be held accountable for the
millions of preventable bird deaths they cause each year. The long-term
consequences of this would be devastating for our birds and our
ecosystems.
[ [link removed] ]The Biden administration is reconsidering the Trump administration's
illegal decision to dismantle the MBTA. Please help us overwhelm them with
public comments in support of restoring this landmark law.
NRDC is in court right now challenging Trump's illegal move and fighting
to restore these vital bird protections. But in the meantime, we urgently
need to generate a groundswell of public support.
You know us: We've been working to protect migratory birds for decades and
we won't stop fighting to restore these critical protections until we win.
President Biden has already taken key steps to protect the nation's
wildlife and cherished wildlands, including committing to addressing
Trump's assault on the Endangered Species Act and issuing an executive
order to halt drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and new
drilling leases on federal wild lands. Restoring the MBTA is an important
next step in our fight to protect imperiled wildlife and their habitats
before it's too late.
Help show the Biden administration that people across the country are
counting on them to save birds from devastating declines — [ [link removed] ]please send
your message before the March 1 comment deadline.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Katie Umekubo
Senior Attorney, Nature Program, NRDC
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.
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