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by jstelly 3502 days ago
The article links to a more accurate piece. He did buy the property for $15M. He then created an easement preventing development and donated that easement to US Fish & wildlife.

He has also bought other property for the same purpose.

He created this easement partially because a developer sued to use eminent domain to force him to allow them to construct a power line across the property.

http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/11/08/box...