USA: Wanna get a Boy Scout merit badge in nature? Sign ‘da petition!

When you think of the Boy Scouts, the first thing that comes to mind
is not clearcutting. According to the Boy Scouts’ website,
“Understanding this connection [to nature], and the impact we have
upon it, is important to preserving the wilderness, as well as to our
own well-being as members of the web of nature.”
http://www.scouting.org/boyscouts/advancementandawards/meritbadges/mb-NATU.aspx

Click link to sign petition: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/boy_scouts/?r=2802&id=2474-1829785-OTnP2gx

It may surprise you to learn, then, that a recent investigation by
Hearst Newspapers showed that the Boy Scouts have sold at least 34,000
acres of land to logging corporations, allowing big business to level
forests that were supposed to have been preserved for children to
learn about and enjoy nature. You can’t be a conservationist
organization and profit from logging tens of thousands of acres at the
same time.

Additionally, some of the logging in question may have
violated state rules. According to the Hearst investigation, one
council in Washington state allowed an area to be logged without
leaving trees to protect a stream which is home to endangered salmon.
Click here to tell the Boy Scouts of America National Council to find
a better way to raise money than clearcutting our natural heritage.
Thank you for working to build a better world.

Click link for full text/increase funding for writer/producer of these
words: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-are-the-Boy-Scouts-pro-by-Kate-Stayman-090206-823.html

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