Profile Of Wildlands Conservancy

The low-profile Wildlands Conservancy has found remarkable success in preserving vast expanses of open space.

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April 25, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

"In its brief history, Wildlands Conservancy has demonstrated a talent for coaxing big private donations from a few wealthy benefactors and then using the money to attract public funds for major conservation purchases... Wildlands Conservancy poured a fortune into the Mojave purchase with no expectations of a payback. It could do so because its donors valued the boundless, unadorned essence of one of the most American of landscapes--the Southern California desert."

Thanks to Gwenn Hilburn

Read the full story: A Quiet Broker of the Wild

Wednesday, April 24, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

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