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If You Care About Birds, Protect This Law

HIS YEAR, THE MIGRATORY BIRD Treaty Act, one of the oldest and most important conservation laws in the world, turns 100. Its passage was one of Audubon’s first major conservation victories and paved the way for many of our most iconic birds to rally from near-extinction. The centennial

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