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In 1938, Waite Phillips donated the first tract of what would become Philmont Scout Ranch to the Boy Scouts of
America. Prior to that gift and even Phillips’ ownership, that same land had been inhabited for thousands of years by
Ute, Comanche, Pueblo, and Jicarilla Apache peoples. As American colonization began in the 1800s, and as mining,
logging, and ranching industrialized the landscape, the high desert environment began to experience use of an
unprecedented intensity. Over the past 80+ years, Phillips’ original gift and subsequent multi-thousand-acre acquisitions
have come to host over one million scouts camping, hiking, and horse-back riding.
Intense land use of the last 200 years has not occurred without an impact to the local ecosystem and landscape. Phillips
envisioned that scouts have the opportunity to give back to the Ranch by working to preserve its integrity as a natural
and recreational resource. Since its beginning, scouts visiting Philmont have been able to preserve, repair, and enhance
the natural integrity of the Ranch for future generations by participating in projects ranging from trail construction and
maintenance, stream restoration, and fire rehabilitation to forest fuels reduction, erosion control, and invasive species
removal. Your crew will have the same opportunity this coming summer. As a requirement of the Arrowhead Award,
your trek itinerary will feature an assigned 3-hour conservation project critical to the continued operation of Philmont
Scout Ranch. This project will be facilitated by trained Conservation Department staff at one of several conservation
sites across the ranch. |
Campsites offering this program: Baldy Town Baldy Skyline Flume Canyon Indian Writings Ponil Clarks Fork Sawmill Webster Parks Apache Springs Beaubien Black Mountain Crater Lake Lover's Leap Miner's Park Phillips Junction Abreu Iris Park Rich Cabins Ring Place Whiteman Vega Whistle Punk Webster Trailhead
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Treks 9-11 take this program at Baldy Town |
Treks 12-2 12-6 12-14 12-30 7-6 7-9 7-17 9-8 9-12 take this program at Baldy Skyline |
Treks 12-34 7-1 7-16 9-2 9-6 9-13 take this program at Flume Canyon |
Treks 7-15 take this program at Indian Writings |
Treks 12-3 12-15 12-22 12-32 take this program at Ponil |
Treks 12-8 take this program at Clarks Fork |
Treks 12-28 take this program at Sawmill |
Treks 9-3 take this program at Webster Parks |
Treks 12-10 12-11 12-12 12-25 12-31 9-10 take this program at Apache Springs |
Treks 12-4 12-7 12-16 12-19 12-20 7-3 7-5 7-10 7-14 9-1 9-5 take this program at Beaubien |
Treks 7-8 take this program at Black Mountain |
Treks 12-9 12-13 7-5 7-12 9-7 9-9 take this program at Crater Lake |
Treks 12-12 7-4 take this program at Lover's Leap |
Treks 12-5 12-18 12-26 12-31 7-13 take this program at Miner's Park |
Treks 12-1 take this program at Phillips Junction |
Treks 7-2 take this program at Abreu |
Treks 12-27 take this program at Iris Park |
Treks 7-7 take this program at Rich Cabins |
Treks 12-23 12-35 take this program at Ring Place |
Treks 12-24 12-29 12-33 9-4 take this program at Whiteman Vega |
Treks 9-13 take this program at Whistle Punk |
Treks 7-11 take this program at Webster Trailhead
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Photos at Dan Beard
Photos at Ponil
Photos at Cimarroncito
Photos at Beaubien
Photos at Crater Lake
Photos at Whiteman Vega
Photos at On the trail
Photos at Whistle Punk
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