Collecting Ten Mile River, one patch at a time
At Scouts’ Pouch Camp, summer will be in session despite black cloud. That’s the headline from a recent article in the Staten Island Advance on the ongoing story on Camp Pouch. The cash-strapped Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of America continues to seek a solution for the camp, after announcing in 2009 [...]
That was the title of the most recent article on Camp Pouch in the Staten Island Advance. Don’t expect the state to be Pouch Camp’s white knight.Tucked inside Gov. David Paterson’s preliminary budget released last week was a proposal to place an indefinite moratorium on state land buys. But the potential loss of the state [...]
Financial woes may force the sale of Camp Pouch, 140 acres where generations have learned to rough it.
Planning continue on ways to save Camp Pouch. A recent article in the Staten Island Advance outlines some of the discussions which are underweigh. Discussions to save Pouch Camp in the Greenbelt are under way and involve surprising potential saviors: A luxury home builder and the Richmond County Country Club; and possibly the New York Container [...]
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