A lot of people refer to the lessened emphasis om camping as the softening of Scouts.
A decrease in emphasis in camping? Not at all. In fact, camping and the leave no trace program is stronger than ever, making today's Boy Scouts the best campers of all time. Unfortunately, state parks and national parks are in bad shape, and it's getting tougher and tougher to find places that aren't overwhelmed with RVs, etc.