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'''Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation''', more commonly called just '''Broad Creek ''' is the sum of two separate camps in the [[Chesapeake Bay|Chesapeake Bay Watershed]]. Camp Saffran focuses on boy scouts, and venture scouts. Camp Spencer focus on cub scouts. Camp Oest was focused on cub scouts, but that operation moved to Camp Spencer in 2016, although the name Camp Oest is still used as Camp Oest at Camp Spencer.The facilities at the reservation are used by 36,000 youth each year, 17% of which are not scouts.<ref name="Bond">{{cite news|last1=Glassman|first1=Barry|last2=DeBoy, Sr.|first2=Steven J.|title=Bond Bill Fact Sheet|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=State of Maryland|date=2012}}</ref>
'''Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation''', more commonly called just '''Broad Creek ''' is the sum of two separate camps in the [[Chesapeake Bay|Chesapeake Bay Watershed]]. Camp Saffran focuses on Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts. Camp Spencer focus on Cub Scouts. Camp Oest was focused on Cub Scouts, but that operation moved to Camp Spencer in 2016, although the name Camp Oest is still used as Camp Oest at Camp Spencer.The facilities at the reservation are used by 36,000 youth each year, 17% of whom are not Scouts.<ref name="Bond">{{cite news|last1=Glassman|first1=Barry|last2=DeBoy, Sr.|first2=Steven J.|title=Bond Bill Fact Sheet|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=State of Maryland|date=2012}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The {{convert|55|acre|km2}} Lake Straus was formed in the 1940s when [[Susquehanna River]] tributary [[Broad Creek (Susquehanna River)|Broad Creek]] was dammed.<ref>Lake Straus: {{Hanging indent | {{cite news|title=Baltimore Speeds Scout Camp Work|accessdate=7 March 2017|publisher=Washington Post|date=Jul 22, 1947}}{{rp|B1}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite book|last1=Healey|first1=David|title=Great Storms of the Chesapeake|date=Sep 18, 2012|publisher=Arcadia|pages=160|accessdate=5 March 2017}}}}</ref> Saffran, Oest and Spencer each have a pier on Lake Straus.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}</ref> In June 1972 [[Hurricane Agnes]] overflowed the dam and flooded not only the reservation, but flooded areas in many states.<ref>Flooding:{{Hanging indent |{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Capital|The Evening Capital]]|date=June 22, 1972|title=Flash floods kill 4 in Maryland; thousands stranded in Virginia|accessdate=November 15, 2016|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43285737/|location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Healey|first1=David|title=Great Storms of the Chesapeake|date=Sep 18, 2012|publisher=Arcadia|pages=160|accessdate=5 March 2017}}}}</ref> In 1948 an administration building was added.<ref>{{cite book|title=Engineering News-Record, Volume 141, Part 1|date=1948|publisher=McGraw-Hill|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|328}}</ref> In July 1953 Post 716 of the Saint Elizabeth Catholic War Veterans contributed to the Broad Creek Memorial Camp Fund.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Helton|first1=Gary|title=Highlandtown|date=2006|publisher=Arcadia|pages=128|accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref>{{rp|101}} Canoe trips for senior boy scouts began May 1954.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Alan|first1=Corney|last2=Simpson|first2=Elizabeth Léonie|title=Out of Our Past Lives|date=Apr 29, 2014|publisher=iUniverse|pages=136|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|1}}</ref> In 1967 the [[Seabees]] built a bridge at the reservation.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Robbins|first1=L. J.|title=Over the Dam|journal=The Military Engineer|date=1967|volume=59-60|accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref>
The {{convert|55|acre|km2}} Lake Straus was formed in the 1940s when [[Susquehanna River]] tributary [[Broad Creek (Susquehanna River)|Broad Creek]] was dammed.<ref>Lake Straus: {{Hanging indent | {{cite news|title=Baltimore Speeds Scout Camp Work|accessdate=7 March 2017|publisher=Washington Post|date=Jul 22, 1947}}{{rp|B1}}}} {{Hanging indent | {{cite book|last1=Healey|first1=David|title=Great Storms of the Chesapeake|date=Sep 18, 2012|publisher=Arcadia|pages=160|accessdate=5 March 2017}}}}</ref> Saffran, Oest and Spencer each have a pier on Lake Straus.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}</ref> In June 1972 [[Hurricane Agnes]] overflowed the dam and flooded not only the reservation, but flooded areas in many states.<ref>Flooding:{{Hanging indent |{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Capital|The Evening Capital]]|date=June 22, 1972|title=Flash floods kill 4 in Maryland; thousands stranded in Virginia|accessdate=November 15, 2016|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43285737/|location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]]}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Healey|first1=David|title=Great Storms of the Chesapeake|date=Sep 18, 2012|publisher=Arcadia|pages=160|accessdate=5 March 2017}}}}</ref> In 1948 an administration building was added.<ref>{{cite book|title=Engineering News-Record, Volume 141, Part 1|date=1948|publisher=McGraw-Hill|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|328}}</ref> In July 1953 Post 716 of the Saint Elizabeth Catholic War Veterans contributed to the Broad Creek Memorial Camp Fund.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Helton|first1=Gary|title=Highlandtown|date=2006|publisher=Arcadia|pages=128|accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref>{{rp|101}} Canoe trips for Senior Boy Scouts began May 1954.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Alan|first1=Corney|last2=Simpson|first2=Elizabeth Léonie|title=Out of Our Past Lives|date=Apr 29, 2014|publisher=iUniverse|pages=136|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|1}}</ref> In 1967 the [[Seabees]] built a bridge at the reservation.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Robbins|first1=L. J.|title=Over the Dam|journal=The Military Engineer|date=1967|volume=59-60|accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref>


The eastern-most substantial [[Tsuga|hemlock]] forest in Maryland, home to the [[American_pygmy_shrew#Phylogeny|smokey shrew]], is a {{convert|60|acre|km2}} [[Old-growth forest|old-growth]] hemlock forest that is located on both reservation and [[Conowingo Dam]] property. The [[invasive species]] [[hemlock woolly adelgid]] threatened the forest. In 2006 area scouts worked with the state officials to study and reduce the destruction caused by the hemlock woolly adelgid. Since 2007 area boy scouts and venturers continue to record data, and mark trees. Trained adult volunteers inject [[imidacloprid]] into soil. Trees too close to streams and wetlands to receive soil injections instead receive trunk imidacloprid injections from Maryland department of agriculture staff. As a biocontrol remedy the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] released over 2,300 Laricobius beetles into the forest. This process is repeated annually on {{convert|20|acre|km2}} of forest to ensure that the entire forest is treated every three years. In 2013 the Forest Service reported that the "Laricobius beetles are spreading, the hemlock woolly adelgid is less prevalent, and the condition of the hemlock
The eastern-most substantial [[Tsuga|hemlock]] forest in Maryland, home to the [[American_pygmy_shrew#Phylogeny|smokey shrew]], is a {{convert|60|acre|km2}} [[Old-growth forest|old-growth]] hemlock forest that is located on both reservation and [[Conowingo Dam]] property. The [[invasive species]] [[hemlock woolly adelgid]] threatened the forest. In 2006 area Scouts worked with the state officials to study and reduce the destruction caused by the hemlock woolly adelgid. Since 2007 area Boy Scouts and Venturers continue to record data, and mark trees. Trained adult volunteers inject [[imidacloprid]] into soil. Trees too close to streams and wetlands to receive soil injections instead receive trunk imidacloprid injections from Maryland department of agriculture staff. As a biocontrol remedy the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] released over 2,300 Laricobius beetles into the forest. This process is repeated annually on {{convert|20|acre|km2}} of forest to ensure that the entire forest is treated every three years. In 2013 the Forest Service reported that the "Laricobius beetles are spreading, the hemlock woolly adelgid is less prevalent, and the condition of the hemlock
forest has noticeably improved."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferguson|first1=Tony L.|title=Boy Scouts Protect Hemlocks on Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation|url=https://www.na.fs.fed.us/ss/13/saving-the-hemlocks-130108.pdf|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=A Forest Stewardship Success Story|agency=Forest Service|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|date=January 2013}}</ref>
forest has noticeably improved."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferguson|first1=Tony L.|title=Boy Scouts Protect Hemlocks on Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation|url=https://www.na.fs.fed.us/ss/13/saving-the-hemlocks-130108.pdf|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=A Forest Stewardship Success Story|agency=Forest Service|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|date=January 2013}}</ref>


In 1632 [[Charles I of England]] granted [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]] the land that is now Maryland in a charter. That charter land was divided by land patents. By 2012 almost all land in Maryland had been so divided. Land surveyor Frank S. Richardson found that {{convert|19.014|acre|km2}} used by the reservation to provide [[universal design|universal access]] was not a part of any existing patent. The Baltimore Area Council applied for a land patent to resolve the issue. On June 20, 2012 [[Governor]] [[Martin O'Malley]] signed a land patent granting the {{convert|19.014|acre|km2}} to the Baltimore Area Council.<ref>{{cite news|title=Governor signs land patent for scouts at Broad Creek|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-06-25/explore/ph-ag-scouts-land-0627-20120625_1_broad-creek-boy-scouts-baltimore-area-council|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=June 25, 2012}}</ref>
In 1632 [[Charles I of England]] granted [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]] the land that is now Maryland in a charter. That charter land was divided by land patents. By 2012 almost all land in Maryland had been so divided. Land surveyor Frank S. Richardson found that {{convert|19.014|acre|km2}} used by the reservation to provide [[universal design|universal access]] was not a part of any existing patent. The Baltimore Area Council applied for a land patent to resolve the issue. On June 20, 2012 [[Governor]] [[Martin O'Malley]] signed a land patent granting the {{convert|19.014|acre|km2}} to the Baltimore Area Council.<ref>{{cite news|title=Governor signs land patent for Scouts at Broad Creek|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-06-25/explore/ph-ag-scouts-land-0627-20120625_1_broad-creek-boy-scouts-baltimore-area-council|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=June 25, 2012}}</ref>


==Camp Saffran==
==Camp Saffran==
===Programs===
===Programs===
Available programs include: aqua trek (kayaking, canoeing, and sailing on the Susquehanna River), [[all-terrain vehicle]] program, Broad Creek Exploration Trek (canoeing, backpacking, Outdoor Code training, and [[Leave No Trace]] training), BSA aquatics supervision, basketball, conservation, cooking, [[COPE (BSA)|19-station ropes course]], [[rock climbing|climbing]], discover [[scuba diving|scuba]], eagle summit program ([[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)]] required merit badges), ecology, [[Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association)|explorer’s]] trek, family night, field sports, first year camper, fishing, fourth year or more, [[handicraft]], [[Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)|merit badge]] counseling, mile swim, [[Tubing_(recreation)|motor tubing]], night swim, opening campfire, patrol award, polar bear swim, quarter-mile swim, recognition campfire, [[scoutcraft]], second year camper, [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] Nova program, Shooting sports, stand-up paddleboarding, themed camp-wide games, third year camper, tubing, trailblazers, volleyball, and wilderness survival.<ref>Programs: {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Weaver|first1=Richard Lee|title=Manual for Outdoor Laboratories: The Development and Use of Schoolgrounds as Outdoor Laboratories for Teaching Science and Conservation|date=1959|publisher=Interstate|pages=81|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|63}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Ed|title=Leaders and Program Guide|accessdate=4 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Area Council|date=Feb 2, 2016}}{{rp|21,23-26, 28-30}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Bates|first1=Bill|title=Harford County in Vintage Postcards|date=2005|publisher=Arcadia|pages=128|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|14}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}}}</ref>
Available programs include: aqua trek (kayaking, canoeing, and sailing on the Susquehanna River), [[all-terrain vehicle]] program, Broad Creek Exploration Trek (canoeing, backpacking, Outdoor Code training, and [[Leave No Trace]] training), BSA aquatics supervision, basketball, conservation, cooking, [[COPE (BSA)|19-station ropes course]], [[rock climbing|climbing]], discover [[scuba diving|scuba]], eagle summit program ([[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)]] required merit badges), ecology, [[Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association)|explorer’s]] trek, family night, field sports, first year camper, fishing, fourth year or more, [[handicraft]], [[Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)|merit badge]] counseling, mile swim, [[Tubing_(recreation)|motor tubing]], night swim, opening campfire, patrol award, polar bear swim, quarter-mile swim, recognition campfire, [[Scoutcraft]], second year camper, [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] Nova program, Shooting sports, stand-up paddleboarding, themed camp-wide games, third year camper, tubing, trailblazers, volleyball, and wilderness survival.<ref>Programs: {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Weaver|first1=Richard Lee|title=Manual for Outdoor Laboratories: The Development and Use of Schoolgrounds as Outdoor Laboratories for Teaching Science and Conservation|date=1959|publisher=Interstate|pages=81|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|63}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Ed|title=Leaders and Program Guide|accessdate=4 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Area Council|date=Feb 2, 2016}}{{rp|21,23-26, 28-30}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Bates|first1=Bill|title=Harford County in Vintage Postcards|date=2005|publisher=Arcadia|pages=128|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|14}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}}}</ref>


===Facilities===
===Facilities===
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==Camp Oest at Camp Spencer==
==Camp Oest at Camp Spencer==
===Programs===
===Programs===
Programs include: [[aquanaut]], archery, [[BB gun]], [[climbing wall]], closing party with songfest, [[ga-ga|ga-ga ball]], geology, nature, [[obstacle course]], opening campfire, paddling, pool luau, rowing, scoutcraft, [[slingshot|slingshots]], [[S'more|s’mores]] fire, staff hunt, STEM discovery, swimming, [[team building]], water games, and wildlife.<ref>Programs: {{Hanging indent | {{cite news|title=Bulletin|accessdate=6 March 2017|issue=Volumes 42-43|publisher=Garden Club of America|date=1954}}{{rp|111}}}}{{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Tony|title=Camper’s Guide|accessdate=5 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Area Council|date=Feb 17, 2016}}{{rp|12,14}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Bates|first1=Bill|title=Harford County in Vintage Postcards|date=2005|publisher=Arcadia|pages=128|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|14}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}}}</ref> Project Moving Onward & Outward Scouting Experience or M.O.O.S.E. is a hike or canoe trip to an outpost where participants spend the night after a campfire with singing, s’mores, and ceremony.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide">{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Tony|title=Camper’s Guide|accessdate=5 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Area Council|date=Feb 17, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|12}} Adult training programs available include: Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO), Cubmaster Leader Specifics, Religious Awards Awareness, Safe Swim Defense, Safety Afloat, This is Scouting, Youth Protection.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|14}}
Programs include: [[aquanaut]], archery, [[BB gun]], [[climbing wall]], closing party with songfest, [[ga-ga|ga-ga ball]], geology, nature, [[obstacle course]], opening campfire, paddling, pool luau, rowing, Scoutcraft, [[slingshot|slingshots]], [[S'more|s’mores]] fire, staff hunt, STEM discovery, swimming, [[team building]], water games, and wildlife.<ref>Programs: {{Hanging indent | {{cite news|title=Bulletin|accessdate=6 March 2017|issue=Volumes 42-43|publisher=Garden Club of America|date=1954}}{{rp|111}}}}{{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Tony|title=Camper’s Guide|accessdate=5 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Area Council|date=Feb 17, 2016}}{{rp|12,14}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=Bates|first1=Bill|title=Harford County in Vintage Postcards|date=2005|publisher=Arcadia|pages=128|accessdate=6 March 2017}}{{rp|14}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}}}</ref> Project Moving Onward & Outward Scouting Experience or M.O.O.S.E. is a hike or canoe trip to an outpost where participants spend the night after a campfire with singing, s’mores, and ceremony.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide">{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Tony|title=Camper’s Guide|accessdate=5 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Area Council|date=Feb 17, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|12}} Adult training programs available include: Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO), Cubmaster Leader Specifics, Religious Awards Awareness, Safe Swim Defense, Safety Afloat, This is Scouting, Youth Protection.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|14}}


===Facilities===
===Facilities===
Shower houses has individual shower stalls, flush toilets and hot water.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|10}} Each campsite includes a latrine with running water.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|10}} Other facilities include: archery range, chapel, rifle range, [[Olympic-size swimming pool]].<ref>Other facilities include: {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Nichols|first1=Maggie|title=A Different Kind of Scout Camp|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=Scouting|issue=Nov-Dec|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|date=1986}}{{rp|47}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=DePaola|first1=Rudy|title=Back From Oblivion and Into Reality|date=Jun 21, 2012|publisher=Xlibris|pages=135|accessdate=6 March 2017}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}}}</ref> The administration building offers both administrative and first aid staff.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|17}} The trading post offers: branded apparel, camping supplies, candy, craft supplies, [[Embroidered patch]], scouting literature, scouting supplies, snacks, and sodas.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|18}}
Shower houses has individual shower stalls, flush toilets and hot water.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|10}} Each campsite includes a latrine with running water.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|10}} Other facilities include: archery range, chapel, rifle range, [[Olympic-size swimming pool]].<ref>Other facilities include: {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Nichols|first1=Maggie|title=A Different Kind of Scout Camp|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=Scouting|issue=Nov-Dec|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|date=1986}}{{rp|47}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite book|last1=DePaola|first1=Rudy|title=Back From Oblivion and Into Reality|date=Jun 21, 2012|publisher=Xlibris|pages=135|accessdate=6 March 2017}}}} {{Hanging indent |{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=JoAnne C.|title=Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-30/news/1995211094_1_broad-creek-scouting-program-boy-scout|accessdate=6 March 2017|publisher=Baltimore Sun|date=July 30, 1995}}}}</ref> The administration building offers both administrative and first aid staff.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|17}} The trading post offers: branded apparel, camping supplies, candy, craft supplies, [[Embroidered patch]], Scouting literature, Scouting supplies, snacks, and sodas.<ref name="2016 Camper’s Guide" />{{rp|18}}


==Events==
==Events==
[[File:Harmony, the Broad Creek Bald Eagle (6174800541).jpg|thumb|Harmony, the Broad Creek [[bald eagle]]]]
[[File:Harmony, the Broad Creek Bald Eagle (6174800541).jpg|thumb|Harmony, the Broad Creek [[bald eagle]]]]
In addition to summer camps, the reservation hosts other scouting events. In 1980 record executive [[Kevin Liles]] spent a weekend in the wildreness area of the reservation with "a compass, a Swiss Army Knife, some matches and the clothes on our backs" to complete part of wilderness survival merit badge.<ref name="Liles">{{cite book|last1=Liles|first1=Kevin|title=Make It Happen: The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success|date=Sep 27, 2005|publisher=Simon and Schuster|pages=256|accessdate=3 March 2017}}</ref>{{rp|85}} Liles attributes a large portion of the success of the trip to planning at a local library.<ref name="Liles" />{{rp|86}} In July 1986 the reservation hosted the [[Pennsylvania State University]] Science and Energy Specialty Camp.<ref name="science energy camp">{{cite news|last1=Nichols|first1=Maggie|title=A Different Kind of Scout Camp|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=Scouting|issue=Nov-Dec|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|date=1986}}</ref>{{rp|29}} The camp hosted the Quantico Orienteering Club's 2003 Maryland Scout Orienteering Day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Get Involved!|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=Boys' Life||publisher=Boy Scouts of America|date=March 2003|ISSN=0006-8608|volume=93|issue=3}}</ref>{{rp|42}} On April 30, 2010 the reservation hosted the Harford County Astronomical Society Broad Creek Boy Scout Program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Broad Creek Boy Scout Program|url=https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=19855|website=Night Sky Network|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory|accessdate=8 March 2017}}</ref>
In addition to summer camps, the reservation hosts other Scouting events. In 1980 record executive [[Kevin Liles]] spent a weekend in the wilderness area of the reservation with "a compass, a Swiss Army Knife, some matches and the clothes on our backs" to complete part of wilderness survival merit badge.<ref name="Liles">{{cite book|last1=Liles|first1=Kevin|title=Make It Happen: The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success|date=Sep 27, 2005|publisher=Simon and Schuster|pages=256|accessdate=3 March 2017}}</ref>{{rp|85}} Liles attributes a large portion of the success of the trip to planning at a local library.<ref name="Liles" />{{rp|86}} In July 1986 the reservation hosted the [[Pennsylvania State University]] Science and Energy Specialty Camp.<ref name="science energy camp">{{cite news|last1=Nichols|first1=Maggie|title=A Different Kind of Scout Camp|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=Scouting|issue=Nov-Dec|publisher=Boy Scouts of America|date=1986}}</ref>{{rp|29}} The camp hosted the Quantico Orienteering Club's 2003 Maryland Scout Orienteering Day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Get Involved!|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=Boys' Life||publisher=Boy Scouts of America|date=March 2003|ISSN=0006-8608|volume=93|issue=3}}</ref>{{rp|42}} On April 30, 2010 the reservation hosted the Harford County Astronomical Society Broad Creek Boy Scout Program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Broad Creek Boy Scout Program|url=https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=19855|website=Night Sky Network|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory|accessdate=8 March 2017}}</ref>


The reservation also hosts "non-boy Scout groups including schools, governments, community, church groups and other non-profit organizations including Girl Scouts, [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys and Girls Clubs]], Cal Ripkin Foundation, [[Royal Rangers]], NAACP youth program, Maryland DNR and Harford County High Schools."<ref name="Bond" /> In July 1997 the camp hosted the [[United States Army Research Laboratory]] Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=CuQlock-Knopp|first1=V. G.|last2=Sipes|first2=Dawn E.|last3=Torgerson|first3=Warren|last4=Bender|first4=Edward|last5=Merritt|first5=John O.|title=Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA328485|accessdate=8 March 2017|publisher=Army Research Lab|date=July 1997|pages=59}}</ref>{{rp|5}} The reservation routinely hosts Harford County Police training exercises.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elloff|first1=Mark|title=Harford County Citizens Police Academy, Week 13: Firearms Range, K-9 Unit, and Dive Team|url=http://www.daggerpress.com/2012/05/31/harford-county-citizens-police-academy-week-13-firearms-range-k-9-unit-and-dive-team/|accessdate=8 March 2017|publisher=Dagger|date=May 31, 2012}}</ref>
The reservation also hosts "non-boy Scout groups including schools, governments, community, church groups and other non-profit organizations including Girl Scouts, [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys and Girls Clubs]], Cal Ripkin Foundation, [[Royal Rangers]], NAACP youth program, Maryland DNR and Harford County High Schools."<ref name="Bond" /> In July 1997 the camp hosted the [[United States Army Research Laboratory]] Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=CuQlock-Knopp|first1=V. G.|last2=Sipes|first2=Dawn E.|last3=Torgerson|first3=Warren|last4=Bender|first4=Edward|last5=Merritt|first5=John O.|title=Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations|url=http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA328485|accessdate=8 March 2017|publisher=Army Research Lab|date=July 1997|pages=59}}</ref>{{rp|5}} The reservation routinely hosts Harford County Police training exercises.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elloff|first1=Mark|title=Harford County Citizens Police Academy, Week 13: Firearms Range, K-9 Unit, and Dive Team|url=http://www.daggerpress.com/2012/05/31/harford-county-citizens-police-academy-week-13-firearms-range-k-9-unit-and-dive-team/|accessdate=8 March 2017|publisher=Dagger|date=May 31, 2012}}</ref>

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Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Postcard by the Tichnor Brothers
OwnerBaltimore Area Council
Location1929 Susquehanna Hall Rd
Whiteford, MD 21160
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation is located in USA Maryland Broad Creek
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation is located in Maryland
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation is located in the United States
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°41′51″N 76°16′16″W / 39.6974848°N 76.2711785°W / 39.6974848; -76.2711785
Camp size2,500 acres (10 km2)[1]
Founded1948[2]
Website
broadcreekbsa.org
 Scouting portal

Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, more commonly called just Broad Creek is the sum of two separate camps in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Camp Saffran focuses on Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts. Camp Spencer focus on Cub Scouts. Camp Oest was focused on Cub Scouts, but that operation moved to Camp Spencer in 2016, although the name Camp Oest is still used as Camp Oest at Camp Spencer.The facilities at the reservation are used by 36,000 youth each year, 17% of whom are not Scouts.[3]

History

The 55 acres (0.22 km2) Lake Straus was formed in the 1940s when Susquehanna River tributary Broad Creek was dammed.[4] Saffran, Oest and Spencer each have a pier on Lake Straus.[5] In June 1972 Hurricane Agnes overflowed the dam and flooded not only the reservation, but flooded areas in many states.[6] In 1948 an administration building was added.[7] In July 1953 Post 716 of the Saint Elizabeth Catholic War Veterans contributed to the Broad Creek Memorial Camp Fund.[8]: 101  Canoe trips for Senior Boy Scouts began May 1954.[9] In 1967 the Seabees built a bridge at the reservation.[10]

The eastern-most substantial hemlock forest in Maryland, home to the smokey shrew, is a 60 acres (0.24 km2) old-growth hemlock forest that is located on both reservation and Conowingo Dam property. The invasive species hemlock woolly adelgid threatened the forest. In 2006 area Scouts worked with the state officials to study and reduce the destruction caused by the hemlock woolly adelgid. Since 2007 area Boy Scouts and Venturers continue to record data, and mark trees. Trained adult volunteers inject imidacloprid into soil. Trees too close to streams and wetlands to receive soil injections instead receive trunk imidacloprid injections from Maryland department of agriculture staff. As a biocontrol remedy the Forest Service released over 2,300 Laricobius beetles into the forest. This process is repeated annually on 20 acres (0.081 km2) of forest to ensure that the entire forest is treated every three years. In 2013 the Forest Service reported that the "Laricobius beetles are spreading, the hemlock woolly adelgid is less prevalent, and the condition of the hemlock forest has noticeably improved."[11]

In 1632 Charles I of England granted Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore the land that is now Maryland in a charter. That charter land was divided by land patents. By 2012 almost all land in Maryland had been so divided. Land surveyor Frank S. Richardson found that 19.014 acres (0.07695 km2) used by the reservation to provide universal access was not a part of any existing patent. The Baltimore Area Council applied for a land patent to resolve the issue. On June 20, 2012 Governor Martin O'Malley signed a land patent granting the 19.014 acres (0.07695 km2) to the Baltimore Area Council.[12]

Camp Saffran

Programs

Available programs include: aqua trek (kayaking, canoeing, and sailing on the Susquehanna River), all-terrain vehicle program, Broad Creek Exploration Trek (canoeing, backpacking, Outdoor Code training, and Leave No Trace training), BSA aquatics supervision, basketball, conservation, cooking, 19-station ropes course, climbing, discover scuba, eagle summit program (Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) required merit badges), ecology, explorer’s trek, family night, field sports, first year camper, fishing, fourth year or more, handicraft, merit badge counseling, mile swim, motor tubing, night swim, opening campfire, patrol award, polar bear swim, quarter-mile swim, recognition campfire, Scoutcraft, second year camper, STEM Nova program, Shooting sports, stand-up paddleboarding, themed camp-wide games, third year camper, tubing, trailblazers, volleyball, and wilderness survival.[13]

Facilities

Campsites have canvas wall tents, each with two cots. Each campsite has picnic tables, a bulletin board, a flagpole, and a group shelter. Some campsites have cabins equipped with a full kitchen that includes a stove, hot water, and electricity. Some campsites have a pavilion and an Adirondack shelter with a cooking space and electricity. Site Conowingo can support 24 people and includes a lodge and trailer pad. Site Dan Beard can support 40 people and includes a lodge and trailer pad. Site Flint Ridge can support 60 people and includes a lodge and trailer pad. Site Friar Tuck can support 16 people and includes an Adirondack shelter and trailer pad. Site Frontier can support 24 people and includes a lodge. Site Hawkeye can support 16 people and includes an Adirondack shelter and trailer pad. Site Jamestown can support 24 people and includes an Adirondack shelter and trailer pad. Site Lookout can support 30 people and includes a lodge and trailer pad. Site Prospect can support 40 people and includes a lodge and trailer pad. Site Susquehanna can support 40 people and includes a lodge and trailer pad. Site Timberline can support 24 people and includes an Adirondack shelter and trailer pad.[14]

While the Nentico Pavilion dinning hall serves cafeteria style meals, Saffran also offers groups the option to prepare food from their own supplies at a reduced fee.[15] Other facilities include: archery range, bridge, camp staff areas, dam, family cabin area, filtration houses, Jacobs Health Lodge, parade ground, project COPE course, pump stations, ranger’s house, rifle range, Rosenberg Welcome Center, shop, skeet range, stock control area, trading post, trap range, and water towers.[16]: 12–15 

Camp Oest at Camp Spencer

Programs

Programs include: aquanaut, archery, BB gun, climbing wall, closing party with songfest, ga-ga ball, geology, nature, obstacle course, opening campfire, paddling, pool luau, rowing, Scoutcraft, slingshots, s’mores fire, staff hunt, STEM discovery, swimming, team building, water games, and wildlife.[17] Project Moving Onward & Outward Scouting Experience or M.O.O.S.E. is a hike or canoe trip to an outpost where participants spend the night after a campfire with singing, s’mores, and ceremony.[18]: 12  Adult training programs available include: Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO), Cubmaster Leader Specifics, Religious Awards Awareness, Safe Swim Defense, Safety Afloat, This is Scouting, Youth Protection.[18]: 14 

Facilities

Shower houses has individual shower stalls, flush toilets and hot water.[18]: 10  Each campsite includes a latrine with running water.[18]: 10  Other facilities include: archery range, chapel, rifle range, Olympic-size swimming pool.[19] The administration building offers both administrative and first aid staff.[18]: 17  The trading post offers: branded apparel, camping supplies, candy, craft supplies, Embroidered patch, Scouting literature, Scouting supplies, snacks, and sodas.[18]: 18 

Events

Harmony, the Broad Creek bald eagle

In addition to summer camps, the reservation hosts other Scouting events. In 1980 record executive Kevin Liles spent a weekend in the wilderness area of the reservation with "a compass, a Swiss Army Knife, some matches and the clothes on our backs" to complete part of wilderness survival merit badge.[20]: 85  Liles attributes a large portion of the success of the trip to planning at a local library.[20]: 86  In July 1986 the reservation hosted the Pennsylvania State University Science and Energy Specialty Camp.[21]: 29  The camp hosted the Quantico Orienteering Club's 2003 Maryland Scout Orienteering Day.[22]: 42  On April 30, 2010 the reservation hosted the Harford County Astronomical Society Broad Creek Boy Scout Program.[23]

The reservation also hosts "non-boy Scout groups including schools, governments, community, church groups and other non-profit organizations including Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, Cal Ripkin Foundation, Royal Rangers, NAACP youth program, Maryland DNR and Harford County High Schools."[3] In July 1997 the camp hosted the United States Army Research Laboratory Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations.[24]: 5  The reservation routinely hosts Harford County Police training exercises.[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ Size:
    "Baltimore Speeds Scout Camp Work". Washington Post. Jul 22, 1947. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): B1 
    "Maryland Conservationist". No. Volumes 35-36. Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission. 1958. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |issue= has extra text (help): 12 
    Nichols, Maggie (1986). "A Different Kind of Scout Camp". Scouting. No. Nov–Dec. Boy Scouts of America. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 47 
  2. ^ "Bulletin". Garden Club of America. 1955. The Broad Creek Camp was established in 1948 {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 75 
  3. ^ a b Glassman, Barry; DeBoy, Sr., Steven J. (2012). "Bond Bill Fact Sheet". State of Maryland. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. ^ Lake Straus:
    "Baltimore Speeds Scout Camp Work". Washington Post. Jul 22, 1947. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): B1 
    Healey, David (Sep 18, 2012). Great Storms of the Chesapeake. Arcadia. p. 160. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ Broadwater, JoAnne C. (July 30, 1995). "Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ^ Flooding:
    Healey, David (Sep 18, 2012). Great Storms of the Chesapeake. Arcadia. p. 160. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ^ Engineering News-Record, Volume 141, Part 1. McGraw-Hill. 1948. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 328 
  8. ^ Helton, Gary (2006). Highlandtown. Arcadia. p. 128. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ Alan, Corney; Simpson, Elizabeth Léonie (Apr 29, 2014). Out of Our Past Lives. iUniverse. p. 136. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 1 
  10. ^ Robbins, L. J. (1967). "Over the Dam". The Military Engineer. 59–60. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ^ Ferguson, Tony L. (January 2013). "Boy Scouts Protect Hemlocks on Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation" (PDF). A Forest Stewardship Success Story. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Governor signs land patent for Scouts at Broad Creek". Baltimore Sun. June 25, 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  13. ^ Programs:
    Weaver, Richard Lee (1959). Manual for Outdoor Laboratories: The Development and Use of Schoolgrounds as Outdoor Laboratories for Teaching Science and Conservation. Interstate. p. 81. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 63 
    Martin, Ed (Feb 2, 2016). "Leaders and Program Guide". Baltimore Area Council. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 21, 23–26, 28–30 
    Bates, Bill (2005). Harford County in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia. p. 128. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 14 
    Broadwater, JoAnne C. (July 30, 1995). "Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  14. ^ Campsites:
    Dunham, Peter H. (Jun 1960). "Add: Shelter for Scouts". The Rotarian. No. Vol. 96, No. 6. Rotary International. ISSN 0035-838X. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |issue= has extra text (help): 7 
    Martin, Ed (Feb 2, 2016). "Leaders and Program Guide". Baltimore Area Council. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 6 
    Broadwater, JoAnne C. (July 30, 1995). "Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  15. ^ Dinning hall:
    Martin, Ed (Feb 2, 2016). "Leaders and Program Guide". Baltimore Area Council. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 6 
    Broadwater, JoAnne C. (July 30, 1995). "Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  16. ^ Martin, Ed (Feb 2, 2016). "Leaders and Program Guide". Baltimore Area Council. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  17. ^ Programs:
    "Bulletin". No. Volumes 42-43. Garden Club of America. 1954. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |issue= has extra text (help): 111 
    Smith, Tony (Feb 17, 2016). "Camper's Guide". Baltimore Area Council. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 12, 14 
    Bates, Bill (2005). Harford County in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia. p. 128. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 14 
    Broadwater, JoAnne C. (July 30, 1995). "Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  18. ^ a b c d e f Smith, Tony (Feb 17, 2016). "Camper's Guide". Baltimore Area Council. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  19. ^ Other facilities include:
    Nichols, Maggie (1986). "A Different Kind of Scout Camp". Scouting. No. Nov–Dec. Boy Scouts of America. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help): 47 
    DePaola, Rudy (Jun 21, 2012). Back From Oblivion and Into Reality. Xlibris. p. 135. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
    Broadwater, JoAnne C. (July 30, 1995). "Broad Creek Scout Reservation puts youth in touch with nature". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  20. ^ a b Liles, Kevin (Sep 27, 2005). Make It Happen: The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success. Simon and Schuster. p. 256. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  21. ^ Nichols, Maggie (1986). "A Different Kind of Scout Camp". Scouting. No. Nov–Dec. Boy Scouts of America. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  22. ^ "Get Involved!". Boys' Life. Vol. 93, no. 3. Boy Scouts of America. March 2003. ISSN 0006-8608. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  23. ^ "Broad Creek Boy Scout Program". Night Sky Network. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  24. ^ CuQlock-Knopp, V. G.; Sipes, Dawn E.; Torgerson, Warren; Bender, Edward; Merritt, John O. (July 1997). "Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations". Army Research Lab. p. 59. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  25. ^ Elloff, Mark (May 31, 2012). "Harford County Citizens Police Academy, Week 13: Firearms Range, K-9 Unit, and Dive Team". Dagger. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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