Who is Eustace Conway and why does the gov’t want his land?

When the acclaimed wildlife artist Sallie Middleton met Eustace Conway, she described him as “the most interesting man I have ever met.” Although Conway holds degrees in English and anthropology, he describes nature as his classroom.
Like Henry David Thoreau, Conway is a committed individualist who cherishes his communion with life and nature. He has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, canoed the Mississippi River, backpacked across thousands of miles in North and Central America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
He spent 17 years living in an Indian Tipi, worn buckskin clothes he made himself, and treated his own serious injuries using plant medicine.
Should it come as any surprise to us that such a resourceful and fiercely independent man, committed to self-sufficiency and living off the grid, would come into conflict with bureaucrats who live to regiment other people’s lives? Today we have the privilege of letting Mr. Conway describe his ongoing struggle to retain possession of the Turtle Island Preserve near Boone, North Carolina.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=squgAr6dQlc

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