[chainsaw]

Ths scouts might just as well work out comparable arrangements with a church group or organization, get private land made available for their good works.

Didn't the Scouts use to use land owned by Phillips Petroleum in New Mexico?

[UPcrawfish]

PHILMONT... Cimmeron New Mexico

http://www.scouting.org/philmont/main.shtml

Premier outdoor Scouting experience. 10's of thousands of acres in the Sangre De Christo Mtn range. (OH, that translates to "Blood Of Christ" dosen't it?) Land was donated by the Phillips family to the Boy Scouts in perpetuity.

My troop has used 'phone-bank and speed dials" to get on the list for "next years" slots. Usually treks are filled within minutes of the opening for the seasons reservations.

[Tax-chick]

The Phillips brothers (not the company they owned) gave Philmont Ranch to the BSA. They also donated a number of other significant properties to the State of Oklahoma, the City of Tulsa, and other entities. It seems Frank and Waite liked to buy and build properties, but then they got bored with them and gave them away! Nice folks :-).