11.   But isolation has not protected oceanic birds nesting on Midway from environmental contaminants that originate in distant places.

12.   Conservationists have long believed that by protecting birds, for example, they would be protecting other kinds of organisms, too.

13.   Environmental protection agencies are in charge of industrial pollution control, but protecting birds is the job of forestry bureaus, and controlling pesticide use comes under agriculture departments.

14.   The birds are not protected under state laws because the species is not native to the United States.

15.   The birds are still protected from intentional harm or killing under the Endangered Species Act, he said.

16.   The birds still are protected from intentional harm or killing under the act.

17.   The directive, adopted unanimously, was intended to protect birds during the reproductive cycle.

18.   The Texas birds are being protected by private landowners, principally the King Ranch, the agency said.

19.   This wiring system is approved by different entities that protect the birds.

20.   Paul Kelly, with the state Department of Fish and Game, says the agency is part of a consortium hoping to buy Red Rock to protect the birds.