Conservation groups press Congress to restore migratory bird protections
Conservation groups are pushing for passage of a bill in Congress that would revive migratory bird protections dropped during the Trump administration. Last year, Trump’s Fish and Wildlife Service lifted a rule, which said companies that kill birds in the course of business, called an incidental take, would have to change their practices and/or pay for habitat restoration somewhere else. Jason Rylander, senior endangered species counsel for Defenders of Wildlife, said the Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2021 would reinstate those requirements, and not a moment too soon.