Saturday, May 19, 2007

Boy Scouts Buy Tract On Cumberland Plateau

May 16, 2007 07:49 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Boy Scouts of America Council based in Nashville has bought 1,600 acres on the Cumberland Plateau.

The Middle Tennessee Council will be available as a wilderness reservation to Boy Scout troops in the region.

About 300 acres of the tract are cleared and the rest is a pine and hardwood forest.
Scouting officials said the land is surrounded by 50,000 acres of public property, including Fall Creek Falls State Park and the Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Area, which offers even more opportunity for caving, rock climbing, rappelling, fishing and kayaking.
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