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A photo of Scouts picking up trash near the ocean

The numbers are in: Scouting for Clean Waterways is making an impact

October 24, 2025 0

More than 130,000 pounds of plastic and other trash have been removed from the environment since the launch of Scouting for Clean Waterways earlier this year.

A Cub Scout drops off a piece of cardboard into a recycling bin operated by the Cherokee Area Council

How this Scouting America council is making a sustainability impact on its community

April 24, 2025 1

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.

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.

Why removing invasive species is a worthy project — from a Scout who’s done it

October 26, 2022 7

“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.”