Profit trumps preservation for Boy Scout councils nationwide
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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I don't like the Boy Scouts of America for many reasons. I think that their values are anachronistic, and I believe that they are hypocritical in more ways than just the clear-cutting issue.