NY Times Orchid Article
I didn't want to post the entire article here, but if anyone has trouble
getting it, I will. Diana September 22, 2005 On a Secret Quest, Stalking the Wild Orchid By KEN DRUSE BROWNS MILLS, N.J. WHEN Neill Heath, a conservationist and fund-raiser employed by the Nature Conservancy, handed me a neatly folded bandanna one afternoon last month, I assumed it was to wipe my sweaty brow in the 95-degree heat. In fact, it was meant as a blindfold. Along with six other guests of the conservancy, I was required to cover my eyes for rides between locations in the heart of the Pine Barrens, in south central New Jersey, where rare blooming orchids had been spotted. The intention, of course, was to keep their whereabouts a secret, thereby protecting them from poachers. More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/ga...gewanted=print |
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