• The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA), codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 703–712 (although §709 is omitted), is a United States federal law, first enacted...
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    The Migratory Bird Treaty or Convention is an environmental treaty between Canada and the United States. It was originally signed on 16 August 1916 by...
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    Northern cardinal (category Native birds of Eastern Canada)
    United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The northern cardinal was described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae....
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  • under the Lacey Act. Weeks–McLean Act (Protection of migratory birds; 1913) Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 United States. Lacey Act (Game). 31 Stat...
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    Turkey vulture (category Birds of prey of the Americas)
    under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. It is also known in some North American regions as a "buzzard" or "turkey buzzard" and in some areas of the Caribbean...
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    Killdeer (redirect from Killdeer (bird))
    It is protected by the American Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the Canadian Migratory Birds Convention Act. The killdeer was described in 1758...
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    The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress...
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  • Bird law can refer to: Animal law, laws regarding animals in general Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, a US law regulating the hunting and capture of...
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    stringent requirements of the Canada Wildlife Act are necessary. List of Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of Canada Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, the American law...
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  • apply to the use of Native American flutes in situations such as performance, workshops, or recording. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 makes it unlawful...
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  • Missouri v. Holland (category United States treaty interpretation case law)
    constitutionality of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which prohibited the killing, capturing, and selling of certain migratory birds pursuant to a treaty between...
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    treaties have been signed to protect migratory species including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 of the US. and the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird...
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    Black vulture (category Birds of prey of the Americas)
    United States, the vulture receives legal protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 despite the fact it does not migrate whatsoever. This vulture...
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    Goose egg addling (category Bird pest control)
    of oxygen and killing it. Canada geese are covered in the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. According to the Humane Society of the...
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    are included in the modern Lacy Act. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was enacted in 1918, and worked to implement treaties from Canada (1916), Mexico (1936)...
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  • September 1 of each year. The 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MTBA) prohibited the harvesting of over 800 types of birds, including the gathering of eggs or...
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  • shooting of migratory birds. It became effective on 4 March 1913 but, because of a constitutional weakness, was later replaced by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act...
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    Tree swallow (category Birds of North America)
    the US, it is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, and in Canada by the Migratory Birds Convention Act. This swallow is negatively affected...
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    Thousands of subsequent bird taggings over the following years produced copious data that would help to establish the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, representing...
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    or sale of bald eagle feathers violates the act if no permit is obtained. The basic structure of the act resembles the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The bald...
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    Black-throated loon (category Birds of Russia)
    protected under both the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. The black-throated...
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    George P. McLean (category Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives)
    legislative achievement was the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Concern had been growing nationally about the mass killing of birds for hat-making uses and...
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    Big Four (World War I) (category Treaty of Versailles)
    Versailles Treaty. He was the main antagonist of Woodrow Wilson, whose ideas he viewed as "too idealistic." For nearly the final year of World War One...
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    Common black hawk (category Migratory birds (Western Hemisphere))
    north of its range (in the USA) under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. BirdLife International (2020). "Buteogallus anthracinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
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    House finch (category Birds of North America)
    artifice. To avoid prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, vendors and owners released the birds. They have since become naturalized; in...
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  • including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act of 1934, the Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, and...
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    exemption is contained within the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. In the United States, only enrolled members of a federally recognized Native American...
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    Congress in 1918, created an even larger role for the federal government in managing migratory birds. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 provided for...
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    Brewer's blackbird (category Native birds of Western Canada)
    cyanocephalus) is protected in the United States under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, however exceptions are granted under 50 CFR part 21 (2014)...
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    Juneau Raptor Center (category Bird health)
    eagles and migratory birds, and was governed in part by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. The Juneau...
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