What's New: Recent Press
Hearst Reporters Expose Boy Scout Logging and Land Sales Activites!
Political pull helped fix Scouts' Dam problem
Seth Rosenfeld, San Francisco Chronicle, 02/01/09
The Boy Scouts of America's Monterey Bay Area Council operated a summer dam on a pristine river and - despite official warnings - allegedly killed federally protected steelhead trout downstream. And when state and federal regulators sought to have the...
Scout councils defend logging of their lands
Lewis Kamb, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/29/09
For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts of America have proudly described themselves as campside conservationists, good stewards of the land. "The Boy Scouts were green before it was cool to be green," said national spokesman Deron Smith. But in recent...
Boy Scouts eye a permanent Jamboree home in Va.
MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, Associated Press, 02/12/09
(02-12) 12:16 PST Richmond, Va. (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America is hoping it has found a permanent home in southwestern Virginia for its national Jamboree. The Texas-based group will mark its 100th anniversary with the 2010 Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill...
Profit trumps preservation for Boy Scout councils nationwide
Lewis Kamb, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/29/09
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...
Lots of land, few new camps for scouts
Lewis Kamb, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/31/09
The last large stand of woods in a Seattle suburb. A scenic canyon just outside of Los Angeles. Rangelands deep in the heart of Texas. All are set to be felled, filled and bulldozed so that stately homes, a reservoir and perhaps even a hydroelectric plant...
California scouts logged in sensitive areas
Seth Rosenfeld, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/29/09
Executives of the Boy Scouts of America in California have repeatedly conducted commercial logging on scout lands in environmentally sensitive areas, sometimes drawing sharp criticism from regulators and environmentalists. That finding is part of a Hearst...
Donated scout land often ends up as cash cow
Lewis Kamb, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/31/09
It's been 62 years since conservationist Virgil McCroskey gave the Boy Scouts 400 acres of timberland near this village in Idaho's panhandle, with big ideas for a big new camp. But don't expect any pup tents or even the faintest whiff of smoke from Camp...
Kiss my Boy Scout - Gays! Buddha! Stemware! Time to reinvent the Scouts for the new world
Mark Morford, SF Gate, 02/04/09
For me, it was all about the knives. And the archery. You know, sharp things. Reasonably dangerous things. Things that make you want to live in the woods and carve your own furniture and eat fresh venison with your bare hands every morning, despite how...
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