Editing Scouting in New York (section)

=====Camps=====

======Rotary Scout Reservation======
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|location=Poestenkill, NY
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|f-date=1922
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|chiefscout=  Joel Uline<ref name="RSR - Staff">{{Cite web |title=RSR - Staff |url=http://www.rsrbsa.org/RSR/Staff.html |website=rsrbsa.org}}</ref>
|chiefscouttitle2=Camp Director
|chiefscout2= Brain Murray<ref name="RSR - Staff" />
|chiefscouttitle3=Program Director
|chiefscout3= Jack Schneider<ref name="RSR - Staff" />
|website={{URL|http://www.rsrbsa.org}}
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[[Scouting in New York#Rotary Scout Reservation|RSR's]] totem is the [[Thunderbird (mythology)|Thunderbird]].

[[Scouting in New York#Rotary Scout Reservation|Rotary Scout Reservation]] is a {{convert|1300|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} camp of the [[Scouting in New York#Twin Rivers Council|Twin Rivers Council]], located in [[Poestenkill (town), New York|Poestenkill, New York]].  The original part of the camp was donated by the [[Troy, New York|Troy]] [[Rotary Club]] in 1922. Summer camp program areas include the Trail to First Class Program, where young Scouts can work on requirements needed to earn Tenderfoot, Second Class and [[Advancement and recognition in the Boy Scouts of America#Scouts BSA Advancement|First Class]] ranks. As of the 2019 season [[Scouting in New York#Rotary Scout Reservation|RSR]] offers 45 merit badges in 9 program areas. In addition to the merit badge options, [[Scouting in New York#Rotary Scout Reservation|RSR]] offers an open schedule which allows Scouts to plan their day with a variety of outdoor experiences. The camp also offers several additional program areas designed to appeal to older Scouts, which include [[Project COPE|COPE]], Mountain Biking, and Chillicothe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Programs |url=https://rsrbsa.org/program/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Rotary Scout Reservation - Twin Rivers Council, BSA |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Chillicothe program at [[Scouting in New York#Rotary Scout Reservation|RSR]] offers Scouts and Leaders a look at American pioneer life in the 19th century. Scouts are encouraged to try their hand at activities such as candle making, flint and steel fire starting, blacksmithing, woodsman tools, tin-smithing, blacksmithing and more. Chillicothe is a program unique to RSR, and it is an often underutilized program. It was designed to encourage the return of older Scouts who had earned most of the merit badges offered by the camp. Prior to the 2019 Camp season it was decided that the Chillicothe program area was in need of some repair, so the area itself is currently closed and the badges that were offered have been moved to other program areas. This temporary closure is expected to be only until the New Nature Science Center Pavilion is opened, at which point any new additional donations and funding will go into the rebuilding of the Chillicothe Program area.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

In 2012, [[Scouting in New York#Rotary Scout Reservation|RSR]] introduced Venturing Week, a week of resident camp for youth in the [[Venturing (Boy Scouts of America)|Venturing Program]]. In addition to various open programming opportunities, offerings included a full-week half-day COPE course, [[American Red Cross]] [[Wilderness medical emergency|Wilderness First Aid]], the [[New York State Department of Environmental Conservation]] Hunter Education course, and more. Since the venture program started gaining popularity in [[Scouting in New York#Twin Rivers Council|Twin Rivers Council]] in 2015, the venture week itself has been canceled and venture crews have been welcomed into the normal week to week program.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

During the 2014 Year the camp decided to experiment with a [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] program dedicated to the last week of the season. Keeping with the style of the camp to try and only offer badges that scouts can't typically earn in a normal troop setting, the same has gone for [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] week. Past offerings have been the Robotics, Space Exploration, and Nuclear Sciences meritbadges. Each year the camp might have a different selection of [https://www.scouting.org/stem-nova-awards/Council/Camp/ "Supernova" Badges] depending on available Volunteers or available skill sets of current staff members. In addition to adding merit badges during the week the camp has also offered sessions to for scouts to try and earn select [https://www.scouting.org/stem-nova-awards/ BSA NOVA Awards]. The Camp has also offered a few session in the past for [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] themed hobbies as well, most notable the ability for scouts to earn their Technician Ham Radio License.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

======Camp Wakpominee======
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|location=Fort Ann, NY
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|f-date=1920
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|chiefscout=Bob McPherson
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Camp Wakpominee is a 1,200-acre camp located in Fort Ann, NY.  It is completely within the boundaries of the Adirondack Park, providing a base for Council trekking programs. The camp contains Sly Pond, a {{convert|42|acre}} lake.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

======Woodworth Lake Scout Reservation======
Woodworth Lake Scout Reservation, was located in Gloversville, New York. The 1500 acre camp began operation in 1949. As of 2013, the camp has been sold to a private investor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit Woodworth and Pick-up Unit Plaques |url=http://www.trcscouting.org/News/woodworthvisit |access-date=2013-10-04 |publisher=Trcscouting.org}}</ref>

======Camp Boyhaven======
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|location=Middle Grove, NY
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|defunct=2018
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Camp Boyhaven was a 300-acre camp located in Middle Grove, New York.  It was founded as a Boy Scout camp in 1924 with a purchase of approximately 20 acres from the Frink family for Schenectady Council.  Over the years, the camp grew to encompass most of the old Frink family farm.  With the merger of Schenectady Council with Twin Rivers Council in 1991, it was converted to a Cub Scout and Webelos long term camp.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

The totem of the camp is the "Toonerville Trolley,"  based on the trolley line that ran across the creek from the camp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skull Field |url=http://www.campboyhaven.org/Virtual%20Tour/Tour%20pages/Skull%20Field.htm |access-date=October 4, 2013 |publisher=Campboyhaven.org}}</ref>

Each summer, the camp ran Cub Scout and Webelos resident and day camps.  The camp program and facilities are specially designed for Cub Scouts, Webelos scouts, and their families. Lean-to cabins and indoor plumbing make the transition to overnight camping easier for Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts. An archery range, BB gun range, vertical climbing wall, water slide, and movie night are all provided to appeal to younger Scouts who are spending their first nights away from home. As of 2017, summer camp programs are no longer being held and the camp is in the process of being sold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liberatore |first=Wendy |date=October 15, 2018 |title=Milton Boy Scout land Boyhaven sold to conservationist |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Milton-Boy-Scout-land-Boyhaven-sold-to-13308807.php |access-date=2018-10-15 |publisher=Times Union}}</ref>

The Camp was officially converted to Camp Stomping Ground (a Non-BSA Summer Camp) at the beginning of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://campstompingground.org/about |website=Stomping Ground}}</ref><ref name="Liberatore">{{Cite news |last=Liberatore |first=Wendy |date=2020-02-20 |title=Milton's Boyhaven to be wilderness camp once again |work=Times Union |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Milton-s-Boyhaven-to-be-wilderness-camp-once-again-15071446.php}}</ref>

======Camp Bedford======
Camp Bedford, is located at 10424 State Rt. 30, Malone, NY (near the Meacham Lake NYS DEC Campground, north of Paul Smiths, and south of Malone, NY). The camp encompasses {{convert|150|acre|km2}}, 2 large ponds for boating and fishing, and over {{convert|3,500|acre|km2}} of State Wild Forests border the camp. Charles E. Bedford donated {{convert|3,650|acre|km2}} to the Adirondack Council in 1943 to establish the camp, making it at the time the largest donation of land to any council in the US.