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National Wildlife Refuge Trivia:  What is PILT?  

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National Wildlife Refuges protect critical habitat and provide some of the best birding locations in the United States. Although birders and other users of NWRs create local jobs , federal lands can be costly for local governments because, broadly speaking, federal land cannot be taxed by state or local governments.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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True to form, the United States Department of Agriculture seems less concerned about the health or status of Yellow Bitterns and more about managing the birds on Guam to minimize threats to aviation safety. If it is, then waterboarding should be protected as US-American culture. ” ( source ). ” How unfair.

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