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From our earliest days, Americans have always
met the challenge of the frontier. Venturing into the wilderness
carrying everything they needed on their backs, these brave scouts
were at home with nature, familiar with all of the plants and
animals in the forest and on the prairie. Skilled with the bow,
rifle and rod, they caught their game, started their fires with
flint and steel, and cooked their meals. Skilled navigators, they
knew how to find their way through any terrain. They befriended the
Native Americans and learned their ways. Far from civilization,
they learned how to care for themselves and their comrades when sick
or injured. Skilled pioneers, they built bridges to cross rivers,
forts for protection and homes for their families.
These traditions are kept alive today in the
Scouting movement. Schiff Scout Reservation is proud to present the
Pine Tree Training Program,
designed to teach you the same skills our forefathers needed to
survive in the wilderness.
Download
Brochure & Reservation Form
IMPORTANT
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
There is a registration limit of 20 participants for each course.
Reservations must be made at least 2 weeks before the scheduled date of
the course. Please make your arrangements for the day use or camping
fee with the Camping Service at the same time you make the Pine Tree
reservation. Reservations can be made by calling 516.797.7600 x
108.
Troops who wish to register
Girl Scouts for Pine Tree activities, must inform Council
that the Girl Scouts want to participate. This must be done
when the troop registers for the activity. The girls
must have a Certificate of Insurance and a Hold Harmless
Agreement from the Girl Scouts of America for each date that
they will be attending the sessions.
If you show up with Girl Scouts without explicitly
registering the Girl Scouts, they will not be allowed to
participate in the activity.
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BACKPACKING
The program is designed to give Scouts basic
knowledge on clothing, boots, equipment, meal preparation, and water
purification in the backcountry. The topics cover key requirements
for the Tenderfoot rank and Camping and Backpacking merit badges;
however, this is not a merit badge class.
Participants should bring their backpacks,
including all gear they would need for an overnight patrol or troop
hiking trip. We will conduct pack inspections and select campsite
locations (weather permitting)
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CAMPFIRES
Learn how to build
different types of fires. Campfire enjoyment as well as the
importance of SAFETY!!
The role of a campfire that is needed for
survival. Covers related requirements through first class and Leave
No Trace Principles.
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COOKING
This topic can be tailored to your troops
needs. It can cover the following areas; Tenderfoot thru First
Class cooking requirements. Or advanced cooking including Menus,
Food shopping, Food Preparation, Dutch Ovens, Cooking without
utensils, Clean-up, and Sanitation. Either way, your group will
cook and clean up a Lunch. I will contact the Scoutmaster prior to
the date to find out what he wants to cover.
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FISHING
(updated
6/8/2010)
Open to all Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and
Ventures. Anybody over the age of 16 must have a New York
State fishing license.
Hands on fishing program designed to
stimulate the love of fishing. We will go over all the requirements
for the fishing Merit Badge and try our luck on Deep Pond. You will
need to bring a fishing pole and a lunch. Boy Scouts working on the
Fishing Merit Badge need to bring a blue card signed by your
Scoutmaster.
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FIRST
AID
Hands-on training for beginners through
advanced. CPR, bandages, splints, symptoms and responses. Not
a merit badge class, although much is covered.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Following the
Scout motto of "Be Prepared," learn how to create an emergency plan
and make a disaster kit for your family.
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INDIAN
LORE
The program runs two to three hours, and gives
a general background of Native Americans, including types of
clothing, habitats, foods, some of their rituals, and Native
American antidotes.
Also included;
participants make a Native American craft. One requirement toward
the Indian Lore Merit Badge is earned.
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MOUNTAIN BIKING
The troop
supplies its own bikes and helmets (required!). Reservations must be
made no later than two weeks prior to the event so bike inspections can
be scheduled. There is a strict limit of 20 scouts per session, so make
reservations early! Bring water, food, just like a hike. The event
will NOT be conducted if it is raining.
Mountain Bike Registration download
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NATURE
Sessions will cover the 2nd and 1st class
requirements completely, plus how to read the signs of Nature for
weather, direction, by season, etc. Participants should be
familiar with the material covered in the requirements, and the
plants and animals common to our area.
Each participant
should bring their Handbook, pen, pad, pocket knife or garden snips,
1" roll of masking tape (can be shared by several scouts), and a
couple of plastic shopping bags to collect specimens with.
This is
not the Merit Badge
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ORIENTEERING
The Orienteering program is a full day session,
which teaches skills in using a compass, map reading, navigating
using a map and compass and the basics of the sport of Orienteering.
The program stresses the practical application of the skills,
culminating with the basic Orienteering course at Schiff.
The program will
satisfy requirements 2-6 of the Orienteering merit badge and Second
Class requirement 1a. Upon request, we will also cover measuring
distances and heights (First Class requirement 2) and telling
directions without a compass (First Class requirement 1). Scouts
should bring an orienteering compass.
Go to the
Orienteering Page
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PIONEERING
Scouts learn knots and lashings, from
first-timer to making useful structures using spars and ropes. This
becomes a fun day, which can include rope making and splicing; parts
of the Pioneering Merit badge.
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SHOOTING
SPORTS
Archery & BB Gun
Come out and enjoy a fun-filled morning,
afternoon, or all-day shooting Crossman .177 Cal Pellet rifles and
archery. Webelos or older
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