Throughout much of the 20th and 21st centuries parts of the camp were logged for commercial purposes. The plots were picked primarily on their condition; trees infected with blight were prime targets for removal. Examples of modern planned clearings exist in three distinct areas in the camp. In the area of Black Beaver, the trees were in bad shape, and with the camp’s attendance swelling in the early 2000s, the Council planned a clearing of the site. The idea was to convert Black Beaver into the next Gowanus, a site that could hold troops with upwards of 40 Scouts. Sadly, after the trees were removed, the site’s natural splendor—or lack there-of—was revealed: a rocky, uninhabitable wasteland. While one troop did use the site, the area was converted into the Dan Beard New Scout Program Area in 2010.