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>> the most recent addition to their board of directors is
>> the president of Maxxam.
> I am not sure what the relevance of this point is.

=o= The Nature Conservancy is the second-largest environmental
organization in the world.  They hold a lot of land, which they
are nominally dedicated to preserving.  But from what I
understand, they do things with that land:  sometimes they trade
it for other land, sometimes they entrust it to the government.

=o= Presumably such maneuvers are worthwhile, but that depends
entirely on the motives and integrity of the board of directors.
Given the way Maxxam has behaved, I have grave doubts about the
integrity of that board.

=o= Somebody on the net wrote to them with concerns about this.
The Nature Conservancy's response did not address the concerns
at all; rather it went on about how much *money* this guy had
given them.

> I not saying you should trust/love "big business", but if all
> you ever do is call them names and sue them,  it becomes hard
> to build a lasting peace.

=o= This isn't about generalized name-calling of "big business."
This is about one very specific president of one very specific
company whose very recent track record on the environment is,
to be blunt, absolutely horrifying.
    <_Jym_>