Birding Wire

Courts

Two leading bird conservation groups, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), have filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Air National Guard (ANG) over its plans to build and operate a wind turbine at its Camp Perry facility located in Port Clinton, Ohio.
Read Full Release →
Dennis Raymond McPherron of Hamilton, MT has been charged with illegally smuggling items made from protected wildlife, including bald and golden eagle feathers, into the United States. A one-count indictment charging McPherron was returned by a federal grand jury on February 15, 2017.
Read Full Release →
Wayne Martin, 45, a member and resident of Cochiti Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for offering to sell three hawks without previously obtaining permission from the Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
Read Full Release →
The American Farm Bureau Federation and Utah Farm Bureau Federation have asked a federal district court in Utah to overturn a host of land-use restrictions on ranching and other human activities in Utah as part of a larger effort to manage federal lands for species protection rather than for "multiple uses" as required by law.
Read Full Release →
This week, a federal court in New Orleans approved a settlement for $20.8 billion settlement to resolved civil claims resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, marking the largest recovery of damages ever approved for injuries to natural resources.
Read Full Release →
The U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, in San Jose has ruled that the Department of the Interior violated federal laws when it created a final regulation allowing wind energy and other companies to obtain 30-year permits to kill protected Bald and Golden Eagles without prosecution by the federal government.
Read Full Release →