It was written by one of the two Pulitzer Prize winners of the previous series called "Sierra In Peril" in the early 90's. Evidently the guy finally had a pang of conscience and wrote the truth about the fund raising power of these hugely rich EnvironMental NGO's like Friends of the River, Inc., etc.
The series is a real eye opener and answers all the questions being asked here in the last few replies!!!
Calcowgirl, you are a priceless asset to FreeRepublic.com IMHO!!!
Why, thank you, kind sir! :-)