Scout Programs

Stroud Water Research Center offers programs year-round for Girl Scout and Boy Scout groups. Your den, pack, or troop will learn about stream and watershed health through fun, hands-on educational activities.

Day and overnight programs are available. Overnight programs include leave-no-trace camping in our experimental watershed or a night in the meeting house of our research facility followed by more activities the next day.

Programs can simply be for fun with watershed science or to complete Scout adventures, merit badges, awards, journeys, advancement, or service requirements. Example fun with watershed science programs include:

Collecting and identifying aquatic macroinvertebrates
Water chemistry experiments
Stream habitat assessments
Night hikes with electrofishing for freshwater eels (limited to only a few per year)
Service projects including planting and monitoring of riparian forests

A list of specific badges, awards, adventures, journeys, etc. will be listed on this site soon.

Thomas P. Bentley Muddy Boots Fund

The Stroud Center and Chester County Council, BSA, thank Greg, Keith, and Ray Bentley for their generous support and creation of the Thomas P. Bentley Muddy Boots Fund. With this support all programs with Chester County Council, BSA, units are free (after a fully refundable program reservation fee).

Begin the registration process by completing our scout programs inquiry form. Questions? Email scoutprograms@stroudcenter.org.

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