Letter: After federal changes, birds need our help more than ever

We’re grateful to Gov. Gary Herbert for his leadership in declaring May as Month of the Bird, celebrating the importance of birds and the places they need.While celebrating birds in Utah, we also commemorate the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which has saved numerous species from extinction over the past century.Even with the act’s protections, birds still face human-caused threats — they can die when landing on uncovered oil pits or fly into unseen tall st