[TN-Bird] Re: FW: migratory bird list: proposed revision

I read this announcement when it was released last week.  It is a proposal
to amend the list of birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.  I
don't think there is any compelling need for the TOS Conservation Policy
Committee or others interested in Tennessee/North American bird conservation
to comment on it.  The proposed amendments don't seem controversial to me
and mainly consist of 1) updating the list to include a large number of
accidentals that have occurred in the U.S. since the list received its last
major update and 2) updating the taxonomy in the list to reflect recent
changes in the A.O.U. checklist.  The USFWS is not changing the status of
the mute swan, which was the subject of a 2005 rulemaking that declared it
was not a native species subject to protection under the MTBA.

Don't know if I qualify as a knowledgeable subscriber, but these are my
thoughts on the proposed rule.

Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN


-----Original Message-----
From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dev Joslin
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:39 PM
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] FW: migratory bird list: proposed revision

I am forwarding this notice about proposed revisions to the migratory bird 
list from U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in case some of our more 
knowledgeable subscribers, who keep up with these sorts of details, might 
want to comment to the FWS--or at least look over the proposed changes.

To view the pdf file on this you will have to cut and paste the web site 
listed below into your internet address line.

Dev Joslin
Monteverde, Costa Rica


>From: Marti Salk <salkms@xxxxxxxx>
>To: wademc@xxxxxxx, lmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx, warren_webb@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
>devjoslin@xxxxxxxxxxx, giffennr1@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: migratory bird list: proposed revision
>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:38:23 -0400
>
>FYI. The FWS last week proposed changes in the list of birds protected 
>under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 71 FR  50194, Thursday, August 24, 
>2006.
>
>You can see the FR notice at

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2006/pdf/06-7001.pdf

>
>
>
>-- Marti


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