The Government Relations Director of the Pesticides and Birds Campaign will be responsible for a suite of activities that limit the use of pesticides that are toxic to birds – activities that often provide health benefits for people and the planet overall. The Director will advance campaign goals including halting the pre-emptive use of neonicotinoid pesticides, protecting National Wildlife Refuges from pesticides, and completing the pending ban on chlorpyrifos. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) also seeks to re-establish an effective monitoring and early-warning system for harmful pesticides, support state and local advances to restrict use of neonicotinoids in seed treatments and consumer products, and support a report by the EPA to Congress on the connection between bird and insect dec