The Nature Conservancy is an environmental organization that everyone can support. Instead of asking government to use its coercive powers to acquire and set aside land for public use, it solicits contributions in order to pay fair market value for property, and then manages it, or gives or sells the land to public institutions for the benefit of all. It also is involved in innovative programs to purchase conservation easements on property, which allows the land to be constructively used as a ranch, farm or timberland, but in a way that protects the natural ecosystem.
The WV chapter of the Nature Conservancy had its annual Corporate Council diner on September 18, and it was a very nice affair. Read about it in this Gazette article.
Consider contributing.
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