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Why it’s beneficial to record your Scouting for Clean Waterways project in Scoutbook

April 7, 2025 7

Once you’ve done your part to reduce marine waste, there’s just one more step to take: recording your service in Scoutbook.

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Scouting for Clean Waterways season is upon us! Here’s how you can participate

March 5, 2025 2

Scouting for Clean Waterways, Scouting America’s new initiative aimed at addressing the issue of marine debris, is designed to be a simple, easy and fun way to get Scouts of all ages involved in doing a Conservation Good Turn.

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Philmont Scout Ranch welcomes ALPS Mountaineering as sponsor for Wilderness Guía Program

July 24, 2024 1

Philmont Scout Ranch is partnering with ALPS Mountaineering to support the Wilderness Guía Program, an outdoor experience for Philmont participants that involves conservation and sustainability efforts and a pledge to be conservation minded in all things you do while on the property.

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Living shorelines project at this BSA camp is a conservation success story

May 6, 2024 0

As the Tidewater Council was exploring ways to improve its shoreline damaged from decades of erosion, the environmental division of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) was searching for ways to improve water conditions in the entire Chesapeake Bay region.

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It’s Christmas tree recycling season, plus other good news from the week

January 5, 2024 1

One Scouts BSA troop is helping its community recycle holiday lights, an inspiring letter to the editor, plus other good news from the week.

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Work of Eagle Scout photographer featured on series of postage stamps

September 12, 2023 0

The Endangered Species Stamps collection marks the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act and features a portfolio of 20 different animals, all photographed by Eagle Scout photographer Joel Sartore.

App Feed - Outdoors

Philmont’s Land Management Symposium is next week. Here’s why it’s a big deal

August 16, 2023 0

Conservation and stewardship of the land has been a central tenet of the BSA since its inception. It makes sense, then, that Philmont Scout Ranch — one of the BSA’s flagship locations — would be hosting a symposium that’s bringing together some of the nation’s leading subject matter experts on the topic.

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Sheniece Chappell is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


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