What a wonderful story...
This should be in the front page of every paper and nightly news... and every teacher should be using this as a real life example of how private property and capitalism enriches people and protects the environment.
But I'm not holding my breath...
I'm going to do my small part, though, by emailing it to all my friends (liberal or otherwise) and acquaintances.
I agree with you. This deserves way more attention than it's getting.