Well said, Manley. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 9:06 AM, Manley Olson <manleyol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The statement contains two facts: Bird populations are dramatically > declining and the current administration is working to reduce protections > that have been in place for a century with the Migratory Bird Treaty. If you > think that is political, one sided and offensive, I question how concerned > you are about birds and what you are doing on this website. > Manley Olson > > >> On 3/17/2020 8:29 AM, Jeremy Canfield wrote: >> This is a one sided political slam against the President. I find this >> offensive and one sided. I didn;t sign up for political campaigning on the >> BIRD list serve... >> >>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:17 AM Kathryn Rudd <katda...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> From: Environment Minnesota <act...@environmentminnesota.org> >>> Date: March 17, 2020 at 8:14:39 AM CDT >>> To: "katda...@hotmail.com" <katda...@hotmail.com> >>> Subject: Our best bird protection law is being rolled back >>> Reply-To: act...@environmentminnesota.org >>> >>> >>> >>> Birds need our protection now more than ever, but the Trump administration >>> plans to gut our most powerful bird conservation law. >>> [https://tpin.webaction.org/images/outlookfix.jpg] >>> >>> [Environment Minnesota Banner] >>> >>> Bird populations are collapsing, but the Trump administration is trying to >>> roll back our most important bird conservation law. 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