Boy Scouts as Land Rapers?

[foxfeet]

Profit trumps preservation for Boy Scout councils nationwide
They logged, sold thousands of acres of prime lands
By LEWIS KAMB
SEATTLE P-I INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts have worn a self-adorned badge as campsite conservationists and good stewards of the land.

"The Boy Scouts were green before it was cool to be green," said the organization's national spokesman, Deron Smith.

But for decades, local Boy Scouts of America administrations across the country have clearcut or otherwise conducted high-impact logging on tens of thousands of acres of forestland, often for the love of a different kind of green: cash.

A Hearst Newspapers investigation has found dozens of cases over the past 20 years of local Boy Scout councils logging or selling prime woodlands to big timber interests, developers or others, turning quick money and often doing so instead of seeking ways to preserve such lands.

"In public, they say they want to teach kids about saving the environment," said Jane Childers, a longtime Scouting volunteer in Washington who has fought against Scouts' logging. "But in reality, it's all about the money."

Much more at:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/scoutslogging/397864_loggingmain29.html

Here's the quote that really got me ROFLMAO:

"The Boy Scouts had to suffer the consequences for sticking by their moral values," said Eugene Grant, president of the Portland-based Cascade Pacific Council's board of directors.

"There's no question they lost membership and funding because of it. I think every council has looked at ways to generate funds ... and logging is one of them."

IT's all the fault of "teh gays!"

[depakid]

1. Very sad- and all too American

[foxfeet]

3. I was actually a Cub Scout, but quit before I became a Boy Scout.

I joined 4-H instead and consider that organization to be far superior.

[dbackjon]

2. Boy Scouts - another fascist organization

[foxfeet]

4. Shameless kick. This deserves some attention.