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Trump administration scales back wild bird protections

by Matthew Brown
| January 5, 2021 10:33 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized changes that weaken the government's enforcement powers under a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species, brushing aside warnings that billions of birds could die as a result.

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