Power Companies Advance Voluntary Avian Protection Without Threat of Liability for Incidental Take
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:54:57 +0000
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With shifts in political winds come shifts in agency legal interpretations. In January 2017, the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a formal legal opinion interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to prohibit the incidental take (accidental injury or death) of migratory birds. This “midnight” legal opinion was widely viewed […]
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