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Supreme court upholds federal migratory bird act
A 1918 law protecting migratory birds is declared constitutional by the U S Supreme Court after a Missouri case highlighted state and federal powers. The piece traces the long campaign led by George Shiras Jr Elihu Root T Gilbert Pearson and Audubon groups from 1904 through ratification in 1916 and enforcement after Taft's signing in 1914. It notes shifts in hunting practices and the broader treaty framework with Canada enhancing bird protection across routes and regions, including Nebraska’s sand hills where spring shooting declined and duck numbers rose.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Canada
Supreme Court of the
United States
Nevada
Frank McAllister
Missouri
J. BR. Reynolds
Kansas City
E. S. Wilmoare
Bodine
Clarence Evans
Paris
Congress
McAllister
Clinton, Mo
A. S. van Valkenburgh
United States Supreme Court
George Shiras
Elihu Root
Pennsylvania
T. Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
Mr. Pearson
George Shiras NT
A. Bi
Congress For the Protection of
Nice
John B. Weeks
George P. McLean
Senate
North America
Audubon Society
Taft
Department of Agriculture
Department
The
Biological Survey
Big Lake
Ark
District of
Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Bishu Root
Great Britain
Washington
Whale Foundation
Mexico
United States Biological Survey
Nebraska
Harry S. Oberholser
Sand Hill
Sand Hills
Cherry’ County
North Loup River
Cody Lakes