Helpful website links in the following alphabetic categories:
Advancement Camping & Outdoor Related Skills Camps & Trails
Cooking Gear Selection & Review Official Boy Scout Websites
Parent Resources Publications Scouting Resources (best overall)
Skits & Campfire Activities Training & Leadership
Useful Scouting Blogsites (new)
Advancement
** ADVANCEMENT VIDEO (REQUIRED VIEWING), Tenderfoot, 2nd & 1st Class **
Advancement Requirements (BSA)
Advancement Requirements (US Scouts.org)
Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Planning Guide
http://home.flash.net/~smithrc/eagleprj.htm
EagleBook.com – Ideas for the Perfect Eagle Court of Honor
National Eagle Scout Association
Camping & Outdoor Related Skills
Backpacker Magazine’s All Around Skills Manual
Survival in the Bush, Inc.
Survival in the Bush
Survival Topics (Resource Site)
Wilderness Skills — Princeton Univ. Outdoor Action Program
Wilderness Survival Video Clips
Camps & Trails
Alpine Scout Camp – Alpine, NJ
Camp Bullowa – Stony Point, NY
Camp Mattatuck COPE Course – Plymouth, CT
Camping Directory of NE- Order of Arrow
Catskill Hiker (trails, topo maps)
Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation – Lake Brant, NY
High Adventure – Northern Tier, MN
High Adventure – Order of the Arrow
High Adventure – Summit Base, NY (Westchester-Putnam Council)
NY NJ Trail Conference (local hikes, topo maps, books)
Ten Mile River Scout Camps – Narrowsburg, NY
Cooking
Awesome Camp Cooking Tips – Scoutmaster Favorite!
Freezer Bag Cooking – Useful for Backpacking
Pack It Gourmet – Useful for Backpacking
Gear Selection & Review
Hiker Deals – Aggragator site of currently discounted gear
Camping Gear Lists – Create customized list based on the type of outing & weather
Gear Review – Backpacking & Camp Gear Testing
Official Boy Scout Websites
Boy Scouts of America – Order of the Arrow
Ktemaque Lodge – Local OA Chapter
World Organization of Scout Movement
Parent Resources
BSA – How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: Parent’s Guide
“Believe It, Live It”, Scout Law in Action Video
FBI: A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
Publications
BSA Field Book (Boy Scout High Adventure Handbook)
Scouting Resources
These scouting websites are very comprehensive and cover EVERYTHING scouting A–Z.
Glenn Cockwell’s Scouting Page (Canada)
Retired Scouter (massive resource)
Skits & Campfire Activities
Boy Scout Handbook (see camping chapter) — NEW
Training & Leadership
BSA – Online Learning Center – MYSCOUTING (online training
BSA – Supplemental Training (numerous online modules)
BSA – Troop Leadership Training – Powerpoint Slides
National Outdoor Leadership School
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) – Course Description
National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT) – at TMR
White Stag – Junior Leadership
Wood Badge (adult leader training)
Useful Scouting Blogsites
