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The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA), codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 703 – 712 (although §709 is omitted), is a United States federal law, first enacted in 1918 to implement the convention for the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Canada. [1] The statute makes it unlawful without a waiver to pursue, hunt, take ...
Mont Saint-Hilaire in southern Quebec was made a Migratory Bird Sanctuary in 1960. The Migratory Birds Convention Act (also MBCA) is a Canadian law established in 1917 and significantly updated in June 1994 which contains regulations to protect migratory birds, their eggs, and their nests from hunting, trafficking and commercialization.
Falco borealis Gmelin. Falco harlani Audubon. The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide. [3]
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA ...
Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on 1962. The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668d) is a United States federal statute that protects two species of eagle. The bald eagle was chosen as a national emblem of the United States by the Continental Congress of 1782 and was given legal protection by the Bald Eagle ...
The hawks are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Based on paragraph 3, above, the Migratory Bird Rule (51 FR 41217) asserted in 1986 that the power of the Federal Government, under the Clean Water Act, could be extended to isolated, intrastate, non-navigable waters based on the following factors being present: [1] Use of the water as habitat by birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act;
European Protected Species ( EPS) are species of plants and animals (other than birds) protected by law throughout the European Union. They are listed in Annexes II and IV of the European Habitats Directive . The lists include several hundred species of plants and animals. They do not include any fungi, lichens or birds. European Union states ...