Nature Conservancy Suspends Land Sales; Board of Nonprofit to Review Practices From: The Washington Post | Date: May 13, 2003| Author: Joe Stephens and David Ottaway | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The Nature Conservancy has suspended a range of practices, including the sale of ecologically sensitive land to its trustees as home sites, in the wake of press accounts describing the Arlington- based nonprofit's activities and concerns expressed by some of its 1 million members.

The Conservancy, the world's richest environmental group, said it has halted all "conservation buyer" real estate transactions until the charity's board of governors reviews the practice in June. A Washingto...

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