Editing Scouting in Illinois (section)

==Recent history (1950 – Present)==
[[File:Camp Joy Sign.JPG|thumb|Sign at the entrance to Camp Joy]]
The 1963 and 1971 [[List of Order of the Arrow national events|National Order of the Arrow Conferences]] were held at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]].

In 2007, Lincoln Trails Council ran a [[Boy Scouts of America|Scoutreach]] program in inner city areas.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Valerie |date=2007-07-21 |title=Inner-city youths scout new ways to enjoy life through outreach program |url=http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/07/22/news/local_news/1025142.txt |access-date=2007-07-23 |publisher=Herald & Review}}</ref> Boys are offered constructive, fun activities and learn about scouting.

The Lewis and Clark Council was formed from the 2009 merger of Okaw Valley Council (OVC) and Trails West Council (TWC). The Lewis & Clark council had its headquarters in Belleville, Illinois. The council owned four camps: Camp Joy in [[Carlyle, Illinois]], Camp Sunnen in [[Potosi, Missouri]], Camp Warren Levis in [[Godfrey, Illinois]], and Camp Vandeventer in [[Waterloo, Illinois]]. There were six districts in the Lewis & Clark Council: the Illini District, Black Gold District, Kaskaskia District, Cahokia Mounds District, Piasa Bird District, and St. Clair District. Okaw Valley Council and the Trails West Council merged in 2009 to create the Lewis & Clark Council.

The two councils from which Lewis & Clark was formed were themselves the product of mergers. The Trails West Council was founded in 1991 when the Piasa Bird Council and the Cahokia Mounds Council joined. The Okaw Valley Council was somewhat older at the time of the merger; it was formed in 1965 following the consolidation of the Kaskaskia Council and the Mississippi Valley Council.

In April 2014, the following councils announced that they would merge:
* Calumet Council
* Chicago Area Council
* Des Plaines Valley Council
* Northwest Suburban Council
The merged council was named the Pathway to Adventure Council.

In September 2016 the Lewis and Clark Council voted to merge with the [[Greater St. Louis Area Council]], effective January 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Angela |date=September 29, 2016 |title=St. Louis, Metro East Boy Scouts councils to merge |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2016/09/29/st-louis-metro-east-boy-scouts-councils-to-merge.html |access-date=November 11, 2017 |website=St. Louis Business Journal}}</ref>

The Lincoln Trails Council had its headquarters in [[Decatur, Illinois]], and was served by Woapink Lodge #167 (founded in 1955). The council merged into the Greater Saint Louis Area Council on January 1, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-27 |title=ST. LOUIS AND DECATUR, ILLINOIS BOY SCOUT COUNCILS APPROVE MERGER |url=https://stlbsa.org/blog/2018/09/27/st-louis-and-decatur-illinois-boy-scout-councils-approve-merger/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044202/https://stlbsa.org/blog/2018/09/27/st-louis-and-decatur-illinois-boy-scout-councils-approve-merger/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 |website=stlbsa.org}}</ref>