To the Editor:

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act,” 2/19) and metastasized rules and regulations that followed are not just about big business. MTBA is really about small farms and woodlands, land that real people manage. Laws, rules and regulations based on the MBTA are found throughout the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service and other federal, state and local governmental agencies.

MTBA-based laws and rules greatly and counter-productively restrict the use of one of the most cost-effective and…

March 4, 2020