The "Nature Conservancy" is one of the biggest con games going. They somehow (bribes) have the power to buy land they desiginate needs "saving from developement" at a lower -than-cheap price because the owner that sells to THEM gets tax breaks that end up being more profitable to him (and his political buddies) that if he had sold the property at fair market value. PLEASE keep in mind that it is you and I who actually pay this bonus-money through our taxes.
The Nature Conservancy bought up a BUNCH of beachfront property in coastal NC a few decades ago. The people who owned this property were WELL connected to NC Dim politics,and the Governor regularry went there to go duck hunting. This whole huge tract of land was owned by tobacco money out of central NC. The alleged reason the Nature Conservancy bought it was to keep it from being developed,and this was the stated public reason for them being able to buy it so cheap. Guess what? 10 years or so went by,and ALL of this land was developed and sold. Strangly enough,there is zero talk about who sold it,or how much they profited from it. There is also no talk about reimbursing tax payers for the money initially furnished to buy it to "preserve nature".
Ya know what? If I wasn't such a trusting fellow,I might even go so far as to suggest the politicians and their rich contributors were all involed in this deal from the get-go. One hand washing the other,with all profiting without having to invest a single dime of their own money.
It seems we are closer to the worlds definition of free(which is not so free after all), and we are not brave enough to live without the guarantee, that the govt will take care of us, because we can't(won't).
Been a while coming, but it looks as if the IRS to Audit Nature Conservancy from Inside. Just don't hold your breath waiting for the IRS to do anything to them, after all they are a part of the government.