Editing Scouting in Massachusetts (section)

===Western Massachusetts Council===
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Western Massachusetts Council (#243)
|image= 
|type=council
|owner=[[Scouting_America|Scouting  America]]
|headquarters= [[Westfield, MA]]
|location=
|country=United States
|coords=
|f-date=2008
|defunct=
|founders=
|founder=
|members=
|chiefscouttitle=President
|chiefscout= John Willemain
|chiefscouttitle2=Council Commissioner
|chiefscout2= David O’Leary
|chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive
|chiefscout3= Gary Savignano
|website={{URL|http://www.wmascouting.org}}
}}
The Western Massachusetts Council was created on June 28, 2008 with the merger of Great Trails Council and Pioneer Valley Council.  Geographically, it is the largest BSA council in Massachusetts serving [[Berkshire County, Massachusetts|Berkshire]], [[Franklin County, Massachusetts|Franklin]], [[Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden]], and [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire]] counties and the town of [[Stamford, Vermont]]. The council operates a Scout office-service center in [[Westfield, Massachusetts|Westfield]] and year-round camping facilities at [https://web.archive.org/web/20100521031634/http://www.wmascoutcamps.org/hamsr.htm Horace A. Moses Scout Reservation] in [[Russell, Massachusetts|Russell]].  It formerly operated Chesterfield Scout Reservation in [[Chesterfield, Massachusetts]].

;Organization
The Western Massachusetts Council is divided into three districts:
*Appalachian Trail District
*Metacomet District
*General Knox District

;Order of the Arrow
The [http://www.wmascouting.org/oa Pocumtuc Lodge] of the Western Massachusetts Council was formed by the merger of Memsochet Lodge 507 (Great Trails Council) and Allogagan Lodge 83 (Pioneer Valley Council)<ref>{{cite web  | url = http://pocumtuc.org/flaps.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202625/http://pocumtuc.org/flaps.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2016-03-03| title = The Path To Pocumtuc  |work = Virtual Patch Collection}}</ref> on September 28, 2008. Pocumtuc Lodge serves the BSA summer camp at Horace A. Moses Scout Reservation, with OA days occurring on Wednesdays during summer weeks. During OA days, Brotherhood conversations are done and there is lodge fellowship.