• The migratory bird rule, adopted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asserted that the Clean Water...
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  • 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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    States Supreme Court, and resulted in an overturn of the federal migratory bird rule. According to the 2010 census, Skokie has a total area of 10.06 square...
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    navigable waters rejection of migratory bird habitats to constitute as intrastate waters determined the Migratory Bird Rule, under which the Army Corps...
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  • that the use of the Corps of Engineers of the long-controversial "migratory bird rule," adopted by the Corps and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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    do not have a gallbladder. Most birds are highly adapted for rapid digestion to aid with flight. Some migratory birds have adapted to use protein stored...
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    Blue jay (redirect from Jay bird)
    migrates during the daytime, in loose flocks of 5 to 250 birds. Much about their migratory behavior remains a mystery. Some are present throughout winter...
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    morphology of migratory birds used bodies of birds which had collided with buildings in Chicago from 1978 to 2016. The length of birds' lower leg bones...
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    validity of the 1986 "Migratory Bird Rule." S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Bd. of Env. Protection 547 U.S. 370 (2006). The Court ruled that section 401 state...
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    There is considerable variation, however, throughout the birds' range and—in particular in migratory populations—over the course of a year. Thus, adult males...
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  • and a decision was ruled in January 2001 in favor of the balefill, stating the Corps had overreached on their migratory bird rule authority. A $12 million...
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  • waters of the United States. In 2001, a divided Court found that the migratory bird rule could not reach isolated ponds in Solid Waste Agency of Northern...
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    garden and a bird sanctuary. A plan to build a dam on Godavari river in the drought-prone Marathwada region was first conceived during rule of state of...
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    trigger migration prematurely in Northern flickers, as well as many other migratory bird species as evidenced in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Northern flickers are divided...
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    Corps cited the Migratory Bird Rule when they initially denied the section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act. The migratory bird rule was meant to protect...
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    Peregrine falcon (category Cosmopolitan birds)
    peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it...
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    Sandhill crane (category Birds of North America)
    flapping of their wings, thus expending little energy. Migratory flocks contain hundreds of birds, and can create clear outlines of the normally invisible...
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    A bird strike (sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between an...
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    has been protected under its designation as the Machias Seal Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary (a wildlife and seabird sanctuary), managed by the Canadian...
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    Srinagar. Thousands of migratory birds come to Hokersar from Siberia and other regions in the winter season. Migratory birds from Siberia and Central...
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    Mallard (category Migratory birds (Eastern Hemisphere))
    in 2017 a flock of mallards in Romania were observed hunting small migratory birds, including grey wagtails and black redstarts, the first documented...
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  • Fish and Wildlife Service. Migratory waterfowl hunters must possess both a state hunting license and a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp...
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    American goshawk (category Birds described in 1812)
    Accipiter. It is mainly resident, but birds from colder regions migrate south for the winter. In North America, migratory goshawks are often seen migrating...
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    18, 2013). "New federal rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths". Bigstory.ap.org. Retrieved March 3, 2017. "Migratory Bird Permits; Possession and...
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    Wader (redirect from Shore bird)
    Many species of Arctic and temperate regions are strongly migratory, but tropical birds are often resident, or move only in response to rainfall patterns...
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    Black-bellied whistling duck (category Birds described in 1758)
    black-bellied whistling duck is mainly non-migratory, although they are listed on the List of Birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). At the heart...
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    of bird species across Britain. In Canada, citizen scientist Elsie Cassels studied migratory birds and was involved in establishing Gaetz Lakes bird sanctuary...
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    migratory bird species. In the winter, hundreds of water birds can be seen in and around the lake. Taudaha Lake is one of the important site for bird...
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    enforcing federal wildlife laws; protecting endangered species; managing migratory birds; restoring nationally significant fisheries; conserving and restoring...
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    Heron (redirect from Heron (bird))
    at least partially migratory; for example, the grey heron is mostly sedentary in Britain, but mostly migratory in Scandinavia. Birds are particularly inclined...
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