U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Environmental Assessment on Allowing Falconers to Remove and Possess Migratory Peregrine Falcons from the Wild

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released the Final Environmental Assessment and Management Plan (FEA) allowing the limited removal and possession of migrant first-year "Northern" (predominantly Arctic subspecies) peregrine falcons from the wild for use in the sport of falconry.