Turtle Talk

Here. The full policy is here.

From the press release:

The policy provides that, consistent with the Department of Justice’s traditional exercise of its discretion, a member of a federally recognized tribe engaged only in the following types of conduct will not be subject to prosecution:

·          Possessing, using, wearing or carrying federally protected birds, bird feathers or other bird parts (federally protected bird parts);

·          Traveling domestically with federally protected bird parts or, if tribal members obtain and comply with necessary permits, traveling internationally with such items;

·          Picking up naturally molted or fallen feathers found in the wild, without molesting or disturbing federally protected birds or their nests;

·          Giving or loaning federally protected bird parts to other members of federally recognized tribes, without compensation of any kind;

·          Exchanging federally protected bird parts for federally protected bird parts with other members of federally recognized tribes, without compensation of any kind;

·          Providing the feathers or other parts of federally protected birds to craftspersons who are members of federally recognized tribes to be fashioned into objects for eventual use in tribal religious or cultural activities.