Editing Scouting in Texas (section)

===Sam Houston Area Council===
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Sam Houston Area Council (#576)
|image=File:Cockrell Scout Center of the Sam Houston Area Council.jpg
|type=council
|owner=[[Scouting_America|Scouting America ]]
|headquarters=[[Houston, Texas]]
|location=2225 N Loop W, Houston, Texas 77008-1311
|country=United States
|coords=
|f-date=1914
|defunct=
|founders=
|founder=
|members=
|chiefscouttitle=Scout Executive / CEO
|chiefscout=Marvin Smith
|chiefscouttitle2=Chief Operating Officer
|chiefscout2=Thomas Franklin
|chiefscouttitle3=Chief Development Officer
|chiefscout3=Travis Briner
|website={{url |  http://www.samhoustonbsa.org }}
}}
The Sam Houston Area Council serves youth in 16 counties in southeast Texas. The council headquarters is in Houston.

====Organization====
Central Division
* {{url |  http://aldine-pathfinder.shac.org | Aldine Pathfinder District}}
* {{url |  http://tatanka.shac.org  | Tatanka District}}
* {{url |  http://antares.shac.org  | Antares District}}
* {{url |  http://wl-davis.shac.org  | W.L. Davis District}}

East Division
* {{url |  http://san-jacinto.shac.org  | San Jacinto District}}
* {{url |  http://flaming-arrow.shac.org  | Flaming Arrow District}}
* {{url |  http://raven.shac.org  | Raven District}}
* {{url |  http://skyline.shac.org  | Skyline District}}

Frontier Division
* {{url |  http://arrowmoon.shac.org  | Arrowmoon District}}
* {{url |  http://brahman.shac.org  | Brahman District}}
* {{url |  http://david-crockett.shac.org  | David Crockett District}}
* {{url |  http://george-strake.shac.org  | George Strake District}}

North Division
* {{url |  http://iron-horse.shac.org  | Iron Horse District}}
* {{url |  http://phoenix.shac.org  | Phoenix District}}
* {{url |  http://soaring-eagle.shac.org  | Soaring Eagle District}}
* {{url |  http://tall-timbers.shac.org  | Tall Timbers District}}
* {{url |  http://orion.shac.org  | Orion District}}

South Division
* {{url |  http://aquila.shac.org  | Aquila District}}
* {{url |  http://brazos.shac.org  | Brazos District}}
* {{url |  http://north-star.shac.org  | North Star District}}
* {{url |  http://thunder-wolf.shac.org  | Thunder Wolf District}}
* {{url |  http://twin-bayou.shac.org  | Twin Bayou District}}

West Division
* {{url |  http://copperhead.shac.org  | Copperhead District}}
* {{url |  http://big-cypress.shac.org  | Big Cypress District}}
* {{url |  http://mustang.shac.org  | Mustang District}}
* {{url |  http://texas-skies.shac.org  | Texas Skies District}}

Learning for Life Division
* {{url |  http://exploring.shac.org  | Exploring - North District}}
* {{url |  http://exploring.shac.org  | Exploring - South District}}
* {{url |  http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/learning-for-life  | Learning for Life - Curriculum}}
* {{url |  https://stemscouts.org |  STEM Scouts}}

====Camps====
* Camp Strake was a Boy Scout Camp in Southern [[Montgomery County, Texas]] off of [[I-45]]. The camp closed in December 2014. Camp Strake is moving to a rural site in the Sam Houston National Forest, between New Waverly and Coldspring near the community of Evergreen in order to create a 21st-century Scouting experience for Scouts and their leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Strake — Sam Houston Area Council |url=http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/camp-strake}}</ref>
* El Rancho Cima Scout Reservation, a 2,680 acre mountain ranch purchased in 1953. It is located on the [[Blanco River (Texas)|Blanco River]] near [[Wimberley, Texas]] in the Devil's Backbone of the [[Texas Hill Country]]. El Rancho Cima contains three main areas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2019 |title=Texas Scout Camps |url=http://maintour.com/texas/scout_camps.htm}}</ref> -
** Due to devastating flooding at El Rancho Cima's River Camp on Memorial Day 2015, El Rancho Cima was closed as a scout camp. Hays County purchased a portion of the land from SHAC in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/el-rancho-cima-texas/|title = El Rancho Cima|date = November 19, 2019|publisher = [[The Nature Conservancy]]}}</ref>
* Camp Brosig is located seven miles north of [[Sealy, Texas]]. This camp is used primarily for weekend camping at district/council activities.
* Bovay Scout Ranch is located off SH 6, just south of [[Navasota, Texas]]. Bovay Scout Ranch contains the McNair Cub Adventure Camp and the Tellepsen Scout Camp.

====OA Lodges====
* Colonneh Lodge #137<ref>{{url | http://www.colonneh.org}}</ref>

====International exchanges====
Houston Scouts have an international relationship with [[Scout Association of Japan|Scouts]] in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], Japan.