The Economic Times

In 1969, a fried chicken tycoon-turned-rancher bought 5,500 acres of damaged wasteland in Texas. Today, its a lush, green ecosystem with over 215 species of birds and 400,000 Mexican bats

Five decades ago, a piece of land in Texas was damaged, overgrazed waste land no one wanted. One entrepreneur bought 5,500 acres of land in Texas Hill County and, over the decades, transformed it into a beautiful green haven where many animal species once going almost extinct now prosper.