August 7, 2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Migratory Bird Treaty Act Policy and Best Management Practices for Civil Works
See USACE Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) Policy signed by Mr. Edward E. Belk, Director of Civil Works and Best Management Practices for Civil Works and implementation guidance. Please share this with your Commanders and all staff that work with MBTA.

This policy memorandum is intended to educate and inform staff as well as to provide Best Management Practices (BMP) on commonly performed activities to help achieve compliance with MBTA. This compliance will allow USACE to meet its responsibility to avoid or minimize negative impacts to migratory birds and their habitat while adhering to USACE policies, practices, and guidelines.

The USACE vision is to ensure that MBTA compliance is met at all Civil Works projects, programs, and activities on USACE lands and waters. This policy memorandum is applicable to all USACE missions and projects and will be applied to migratory bird issues in the execution of all Civil Works Programs.

My point of contact for this initiative is Mike Richards, Program Manager for Land Use and Natural Resources, Michael.G.Richards@usace.army.mil. Jeff
Jeffrey F. Krause
Chief, Natural Resources Management

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