Straight ANSWERS: More Important Causes

This is part of an ongoing series to tackle commonly asked question or misconceptions, one at a time, to help everyone educate themselves before forming an opinion. 

On occasion, we hear "There are so many other causes that are more important to spend this effort on, like housing - not just this one house."

We know there are as many causes as there are people to take them on. Not all of us can work on everything that matters. In fact, each of us probably care about too many causes to contribute to them all.

We trust there are some focused on housing - which we agree is beyond worthy- while we are taking care of this house, which matters to the tourist bureau, to businesses, to many of the regions fundraisers, to artists and photographers worldwide and thousands upon thousands here and afar who have flooded us, elected officials and FWS saying they want us to continue our work to save and restore it.

What many are missing is that this stands to be a huge win for FWS. We wanted to help them conserve up to hundreds of truly pristine marsh acres locally or anywhere in the country which is the purpose of the land swap they proposed.

Did you know FWS Realty chiefs called US up 2.5 years ago, inviting us into another partnership for land swap precisely because it would be so much more beneficial to their mission to get rid of this acre, which had become so valuable monetarily that they could trade it for hundreds of acres of new land to conserve?

They asked us to complete a series of steps —and pay for them—- which we did while they cosigned all the way. It’s public record if you’d like to check it out. It took 18 months and the pro bono services of approximately 80 people. This mattered enough to them to do so too! 
And when it came time for FWS to provide the land, they did not succeed and within months, simply decided to stop. Without letting us- who they repeatedly described as partners - know about their plan to remove the house.  

Please scroll back through our blog to read more and look for the next installments of this series.  If you have a question to ask, please write us with it at [email protected]