Boy Scouts: Stop Clearcutting Forests

From: Care2 Action Alerts actionalerts@care2.com
Subject: Boy Scouts: Stop Clearcutting Forests

A nation-wide review has found that some Boy Scouts of America administrators have significantly damaged tens of thousands of acres of forestland through clearcutting or other means of high-impact logging.

Tell the Boy Scouts to stop destroying forests. http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AfkNQ/Yzsa/pdlw

The investigation, conducted by five Hearst newspapers, found that at least 26 councils have logged across 34,000 acres or more. Some of the destroyed areas are delicate ecosystems inhabited by protected species like salmon, timber wolves, bald eagles and spotted owls.

The Boy Scouts have a long-standing reputation of positively interacting with the environment and teaching members to connect with and respect nature. But some council leaders have betrayed their environmental values in the interest of increasing profits.

Tell the Boy Scouts of America to make sure all council leaders are staying true to the environmentally conscious message they promote and to stop logging their wilderness. They should be teaching their scouts how to save our planet - not destroying the homes
of protected species.

Stop the hypocrisy of Boy Scouts of America.