EDITOR'S NOTE: Ellen Sugarman is a nationally known investigative reporter. She has given KWTN permission to serialize her new book about environmental terrorism in the Florida Keys. Here is a synopsis of previous chapters. For complete chapters, see our website: www.kwtn.com.
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News story— her paper had done a couple of short items on the case— Kate filled her friend in a little more with what she had found out.
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About WILLING SELLER—This is a novel about environmental terrorism in the Florida Keys. It is a work of fiction based on truth. A few years ago, writer Ellen Sugarman produced a segment on environmental terrorism in the Keys for ABC's 20/20 news magazine show. Among a number of shocking revelations, the program documented that former State Attorney Kirk Zuelch, while a member of the local Nature Conservancy board, offered to drop charges against property owners accused of environmental crimes if they would sell or give their land to the Nature Conservancy. Zuelch denied any wrongdoing, but quickly resigned from the Nature Conservancy board after he was interviewed by ABC.