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/garden/22cutt.html?pagewan ted=print
