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Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds

by Associated Press
| April 1, 2020 12:03 AM

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — At a former open pit copper mine filled with billions of gallons of toxic water, sirens and loud pops from propane cannons echo off the granite walls to scare away birds so they don’t land.

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