>Between 1988 and 1995 the Birch Society at least doubled, and perhaps tripled
>its membership to over 55,000. Birch organizers have been
>especially active in
>organizing against federal land use regulations and expansion of the national
>park system.
Hmm, an article on the JBS by Dan Kelly in the new Baffler - #13 - paints a picture of a dwindling organization. "An email request to the society for a current head-count was met with claims of confidentiality - rarely a sign of a boisterously healthy organization."
As, as the article points out, you hardly need the JBS these days with Ron Paul and Helen Chenoweth in Congress.
Doug