"The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive."
So it is claimed. But when I visited the Dutch Henry Falls Preserve on April 14, 2007, I found a scene that contradicted that mission statement. This preserve is part of the Nature Conservancy's 25,000 acre holdings in Moses Coulee, Douglas County, north-central Washington.
Steven G. Herman, Ph.D.
Emeritus Member of the Faculty
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
So it is claimed. But when I visited the Dutch Henry Falls Preserve on April 14, 2007, I found a scene that contradicted that mission statement. This preserve is part of the Nature Conservancy's 25,000 acre holdings in Moses Coulee, Douglas County, north-central Washington.
Steven G. Herman, Ph.D.
Emeritus Member of the Faculty
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
![lizard70 > Broken branches, trampled streamside, stagnant water. But the TNC offers this description: "This serene riparian stretch seems like it's been here forever,. In reality, it's been just five years [now seven] since the Nature Conservancy began restoring what was a muddy, barren seep used -and degraded- by cattle."](http://lizard70.smugmug.com/photos/145890054_AtDi3-Ti.jpg "lizard70 > Broken branches, trampled streamside, stagnant water. But the TNC offers this description: \"This serene riparian stretch seems like it's been here forever,. In reality, it's been just five years [now seven] since the Nature Conservancy began restoring what was a muddy, barren seep used -and degraded- by cattle.\"")
Cowflop, compacted soil, weeds -hardly what you would expect on a TNC "preserve". On the Nature Conservancy website, visitors are warned: "Please remember : Shrub-steppe may look tough, but its fragile soil crust is easily damaged, so be sure to stay on the trails when you visit the area."
Cowflop, compacted soil, weeds -hardly what you would expect on a TNC "preserve". On the Nature Conservancy website, visitors are warned: "Please remember : Shrub-steppe may look tough, but its fragile soil crust is easily damaged, so be sure to stay on the trails when you visit the area."
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