Under Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million. The power to prosecute created a deterrent that protected birds and enabled government to hold companies to account for environmental disasters.
But in part due to President Donald Trump’s interior secretary nominee, David Bernhardt, whose confirmation awaits a Senate vote, the wildlife cop is no longer on the beat. Bernhardt pushed a December 2017 legal opinion that declared the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act applies only when companies kill birds on purpose.
Internal government emails obtained by Reveal from The Center…
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Exposing the Big Game 
This man is dangerous for the environment. How in the hell did he ever get confirmed? I hope people are going to get out there and vote in 2020, or they must want four more years of Trump.
To be fair, I think this was being tried and the weakening of the ESA (and sued for) by the Obama Administration too. The Neville Chamberlain trying for a way to appease.