Birding Wire

Legislation

American Bird Conservancy (ABC) thanks Sen. Booker and Reps. Quigley and Griffith for encouraging the federal government to lead by example in addressing one of the biggest human-caused threats to birds. As many as a billion birds a year are killed in the United States when they collide with glass on all kind of structures, from skyscrapers and office buildings to homes and bus shelters.
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Eleven groups representing conservationists from across the West have sent a letter to congressional leaders asking them to reject efforts to insert a rider into the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943/H.R. 4909) that would block efforts to conserve the Greater sage-grouse.
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Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1363, authored by Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) and sponsored by Audubon California, which requires the Ocean Protection Council, in coordination with the State Coastal Conservancy, to restore eelgrass to mitigate the impacts of warming on California's coastal species.
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A provision to allow the Secretary of the Interior to convey portions of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as part of a debt-relief package was stripped from the bill after local and national conservation and Hispanic groups sharply opposed the deal, the National Wildlife Refuge Association reported this week.
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The Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act (H.R. 4480), introduced by Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) to the House Natural Resource Committee Feb. 4, would ratify the International Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels in the United States.
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