• 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917...
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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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  • 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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    Black vulture (category Birds of prey of the Americas)
    under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. This vulture also appeared in Mayan codices. The American naturalist William Bartram wrote of the black 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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    Flyway (category Bird migration flyways)
    Australasia. The passing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 in the United States resulted in a need for more information on bird migration. Frederick...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Joey Aiuppa (category American gangsters of Italian descent)
    transportation of mourning doves across state lines. Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, possessing more than 24 doves per person is illegal outside of hunting...
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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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    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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    Eagle-bone whistle (category Birds in religion)
    law: the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) prohibits the taking, killing, possession, transportation, and importation of migratory birds, their eggs...
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    Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, Kuwait, 1978 Kyoto Protocol - greenhouse gas emission reductions Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 Minamata...
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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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    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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    Yellow bittern (category Birds of East Asia)
    variety of insects, fish, amphibians, crustaceans and molluscs. The yellow bittern is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. 1)Parent...
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    Migratory Bird Treaty Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 National Wetlands Inventory National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 Ramsar Wetlands...
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