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Accessibility Matters

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Public accommodations include government buildings, stores, hotels, transportation hubs, hospitals, schools, restaurants, etc. The refuge has an impressive visitor center that opened in 2008, so it is ADA compliant. Hunting is also prohibited in this area of the refuge. 2 miles) from the visitor center to the bus stop.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying. I was surprised, however, that there is no mention of one of the dark spots in bird feeding history, the highly publicized application of toxic insecticides to Scott’s Miracle-Gro bird seed from 2005 to 2008 and the accompanying falsification of documents to hide it.

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