U.S. bird populations in decline, report says

Secretary of the Interior calls government agencies and the public to action

A review of bird populations in the United States was released March 19 by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Nearly a third of the United States’ 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in significant decline, the new report shows.

The Western meadowlark is a grassland bird native to the western two-thirds of the United States.