Breaking news: lawsuit filed

We’ll do whatever it takes Need to give your inbox a break? [Pause fundraising messages]( for two weeks. [National Audubon Society]( [Photo: Emaily Carter Mitchell]( Brown Pelican. [Breaking news for birds: A new lawsuit to defend them]( [DEFEND THE MBTA]( STATUS: Unconfirmed MATCH DEADLINE: Midnight tomorrow [Donate]( 2x match active now This is important: We’re going back to court on behalf of the birds we love, with a lawsuit to overturn the gutting of our country’s most effective bird law. What the past administration did to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act was illegal. And we’re going to do whatever it takes – advocating in the courts, with the new administration, and in Congress — to restore it to full strength. We ask you now to help power this effort. [Will you please start your generous monthly gift today?]( You’ll give us a steady source of support to see this challenge through. Plus your first three contributions will be matched to double your impact. For decades we’ve defended the MBTA at every turn. We’ve fought the latest rollbacks from the time they began. In fact, we sued in 2017 to uphold the law’s protections, and last summer the courts ruled in birds’ favor. Yet despite this ruling, the drive to weaken protections persisted. Now a ruthless bird-killing policy could have the force of law — cemented in the final days of the last administration. It is illegal and it’s unconscionable — because it gives careless industries a free pass for killing birds. On January 20th the Biden-Harris team directed federal agencies to review the MBTA rollback and any environmental policies that are “harmful to public health, damaging to the environment, unsupported by the best available science, or otherwise not in the national interest.” This is positive news. But the fight is not over. Until the MBTA is restored to its full strength we will not relent. We’ve responded with a new lawsuit, and we’re fighting at full force. But our best work depends on friends like you. [Will you share in this commitment?]( Your monthly support lets us keep defending birds and the places they need, and gives us the means to stay steadfast for as long as it takes to win. [Let us know we can count on you with your sustaining gift, and get your donation doubled for the first three months.]( Sincerely, The National Audubon Society [Give Monthly]( Photo: Jean Hall/Audubon Photography Awards [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2021 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Pause fundraising emails for two weeks]( [Update your email address or unsubscribe](