Profit trumps preservation for Boy Scout councils nationwide

Seattle Post Intelligencer by Lewis Kamb | Jan. 30, 2009 (Investigative Report)
They logged, sold thousands of acres of prime lands

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 ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 30, 2009

This may be the keynote article in this series about the Boy Scout executives apparent hypocrisy in clear cutting forests lands they own, threatening erosion and salmon streams while espousing green philosophy and conservation to youth.

See the link for the Colbert report view on the subject.

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