It started as a simple question from a Scouting America council staffer back in 2022. It has evolved into an ongoing service project that’s transforming the way a community disposes of waste.
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.
“I always wanted my Eagle Project to be a means of supporting my goal of environmental sustainability,” says Siddha, from Troop 761 in Ashburn, Va. “It is our duty to take care of our environment and to leave it better than we found it.”