Volume
74
Number
1
About the Cover
A sandhill crane prepares to take flight from a frozen lake in New Mexico. Sandhill cranes are among more than 1,100 birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. This venerable statute is among nine bedrock conservation and animal protection laws—originally enacted with strong bipartisan support—that the Trump administration and congressional leadership have taken extraordinary steps to erode or obliterate this year. Read more on the vital importance of these laws and the threats they face—and why animal advocates of all stripes must rally to defend them.