Profit trumps preservation for Boy Scout councils nationwide
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 ...
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In fact, the article doesn't really tell where the money is going. If Madoff can steal 50 billion dollars with the SEC looking over his shoulders, I'm sure a couple of Scout Masters could make quiet a bit of money. Is nothing sacred?