Revocation Rule News Today

The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s revocation of the Trump administration’s Migratory Bird Treaty Act MBTA rule took effect last Friday, December 3. The MBTA is one of the oldest wildlife protection laws in the US and makes it a crime to take a migratory bird.

US Fish and Wildlife Service FWS or the Service published a final rule revoking its January 7, 2021, Migratory Bird Treaty Act MBTA or Act rule. Issued during Trump admin and established that the MBTA does not prohibit incidental unintentional take of migratory birds.