COEUR d'ALENE - Folks now have a chance to see Camp Easton's possible new home, if the current site for the Boy Scouts camp is sold to a luxury home developer.

The Inland Northwest Council revealed this week that a new camp would be rebuilt on property on the north side of Windy Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene, if the Boy Scouts agree to a land agreement with Discovery Land Company.

The INC hadn't revealed the location of the proposed site before, because the Arizona-based company has been in negotiations about purchasing the property.

"I don't know if they have finished those negotiations, or where they're at with that," said Tim McCandless, scout executive for the INC.

The company disclosed the information at INC's behest, he added.

"We went to them and said, 'That's the one thing people really want. It's hard for people to give input and feedback if they don't even know the land involved,'" McCandless said. "They did get back to us, and said they're at a point where that would work for them."

Discovery Land Company, the developer behind Gozzer Ranch, has offered to purchase the Camp Easton Boy Scouts camp through a land agreement, in which the company would buy property for a new site and build a new camp to the scouts' specifications.

The proposed property on Windy Bay consists of 270 acres of forest and waterfront.

Although that's 110 acres less than what's available at the current Gotham Bay location, McCandless has said about 160 of the camp's acres are unused.

Photos of the proposed site have been posted under "Council Camps" on the Inland Northwest Council website, at: www.doubleknot.com/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=778.

For those who don't want to type that in, the scouts are also hosting tours of the site this Saturday at 2, 3, 4 and 5 p.m.

"Most people have not had an opportunity to see the site," McCandless said, adding that only board and committee members and major donors have been invited. "This will be their first chance."

Discovery's offer to purchase the current camp site is still under INC board review, McCandless said.

But consideration of the proposed property so far has been positive, he said.

"The initial evaluation of the site leads us to believe that if everything else worked out well, this site would support a great Boy Scouts camp," McCandless said.

He pointed out that the property was once owned by Black Rock Development CEO Marshall Chesrown, and was prepared for a development that didn't pan out. So infrastructure like pump houses, water storage, electricity, boat docks and roads are already there.

McCandless emphasized that there is no pressure for them to accept Discovery's offer.

"If we determine this is not in the best interest for Boy Scouts, well, we've got a great location where we're at, and we'll continue to invest in and improve what we have," he said.