The low-profile Wildlands Conservancy has found remarkable success in preserving vast expanses of open space.
"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
FULL STORY: A Quiet Broker of the Wild
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