Registration is open for Okpik Winter Camping Experience at Griswold Scout Reservation! Registration space is limited to 40 so sign up today! Learn more and register here.

Come Challenge your Winter Camping Skills and have Fun Competing for Gold Nuggets. Experience Team Building, Pioneering, First Aid, and having fun pulling your Sled to the Alaskan Cities. 

A Day or Overnight Options are available. February 8-9, 2025
Event Staff Opportunities for Unit Leaders and Adults.

Questions can be directed to Nick Greci grecinp3@metrocast.net

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Thank you to everyone who helped make the inaugural 2024 event such a success! Over 100 youth participated, with some traveling as far as Rhode Island and Vermont. The all-day event paired registered merit badge counselors with LRCC staff to facilitate badges including Automotive Maintenance, Digital Technology, Fingerprinting, First Aid, Graphic Arts, Plant Science, Robotics, and Sustainability. More than 170 merit badges were earned and a good time was enjoyed by all. The complete Merit Badge list for the next LRCC event will be announced in Winter 2025.  Learn more here.

Dive into the rich history of scouting and explore interactive exhibits that celebrate outdoor skills, community spirit, and lifelong friendships! Whether you're a seasoned scout or a curious newcomer, there's something for everyone. Please review the attached flier for updates about the hours of operation for November and December. Read more here.

Loon Preservation Committee and Daniel Webster Council are working in conjunction to help remove lead tackle out of our waterways. Each Scout that collects 8oz of lead will earn a patch (image 1)

Each Unit will get a tracking sheet to use to track their collections through 5/31/2025. The top Pack and Troop that collect the most will receive a plaque from the Loon Preservation Committee.

How does lead impact loons? Lead is a poisonous metal that, if swallowed, harms most living things (including people and wildlife). Lead poisoning affects nearly every organ in the body, especially the brain. Loons are fish-eating birds, and because of that, they sometimes swallow tackle accidentally. Lead poisoning resulting from the ingestion of lead fishing tackle is the number one cause of known adult loon mortality in New Hampshire. 38% of the documented adult loons that have died in New Hampshire from 1989–2023 died from lead poisoning caused by swallowing fishing tackle.

Which types of tackle do we want to collect? Because of its impacts on loons (and other fish-eating wildlife), certain lead tackle is illegal to sell and to use in freshwater in New Hampshire. Illegal lead tackle includes lead sinkers and lead-headed jigs that individually weigh one ounce or less. A lead sinker is a weight made of lead that is attached to a fishing line that is used to make the line sink under water. A lead-headed jig is hook with lead molded onto it to add weight. Sinkers and jigs come in many shapes and sizes—the images below show examples of both. In New Hampshire, lead sinkers and lead-headed jigs that weigh 1 oz. or less are illegal to use in freshwater, regardless of whether or not they are painted. We are asking NH scouts to:

• Help us educate anglers in their communities about New Hampshire’s lead law and the impact that lead tackle has on loons and other wildlife.
• Collect lead sinkers and lead-headed jigs that individually weigh 1 oz or less from anglers in their community so that this tackle will not be used in our lakes and ponds. Scouts that collect 8 oz (1/2 pound) of lead tackle will earn the LoonSafe patch.

Contact person: Michael Farr at michael.farr@nhscouting.org