dear reporter Bradshaw, I am a bit surprised that you did not relate that the Sempervirens Fund has been doing this since 1900, more than 100 years. They have LOTS of practice! They were the primary 'startup' for the state parks preservation movement. Their "outlaw conservationist" (my term) founder was the well known Andrew P. Hill. HIS-tory is well covered in the Wikipedia article on the Sempervirens Fund.

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The Wikipedia 'story' has, as is common, a bit too much reliance on one book - the Fund's own centenary celebration. ISBN 0970117809. I understand the issues of her-story/his-tory that author Traci Bliss seems to have taken a personal quest to address. Her family history that "hounded her" shows his-tory is also very many times a forgotten or vastly downplayed HER-story.

- But, IMO, if you would solely rely on her book and your recent interview of her as the only source-of-the-PAST, you will also be making a "single source" mistake.

California non-profit corporations like Sempervirens Fund and their founders (male or female) deserve proper credit for the DURATION and CONSISTENCY of the public benefit that they can bring us.