Cardin Introduces Bill Expanding Protection Programs For Migratory Birds, Including Baltimore Oriole

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on Thursday introduced legislation seeking to expand conservation programs helping 380 species of migratory birds, including Maryland’s state bird, the Baltimore Oriole.
Cardin and Portman hope to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act and change the funding structure so the cost-sharing requirement for grant recipients would drop from 3-to-1 to 2-to-1. Their bill would also increas