Order of the Arrow Event June 16

14. Jun, 2010 4 Comments

The Ocala National Forest is fortunate to host the Boy Scouts of America premiere honor society, the Order of the Arrow, this week. Working on a variety of projects throughout the forest as part of  “FourCorps 2010,” , these young men will be honored at a special event on Wednesday June 16 at River Forest Group Camp near Deland.

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4 Responses to “Order of the Arrow Event June 16”

  1. Bradley E. Haddock 15. Jun, 2010 at 7:19 am

    The FourCorps 2010 program is an outgrowth of the tremendous success of ArrowCorps5. ArrowCorps5 was a national program conducted in five different forest sites during the summer of 2009. It represented the largest single volunteer service project ever received by the USFS and the largest service project conducted by the BSA at least since WWII.
    I congratulate the Arrowmen and USFS personnel involved, along with the sponsors, and wish them the best for great success this week. Thank you for your leadership in service.
    Brad Haddock
    Chairman, National Order of the Arrow Committee, 2000 to 2009

  2. Bradley E. Haddock 15. Jun, 2010 at 7:23 am

    AC5 was conducted during the summer of 2008, not 2009.

  3. Ken Knaebel 21. Jun, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    FourCorps accomplishments include:
     Constructed 80 kestrel nesting boxes.
     Poured 37 concrete pads to install bear-proof food storage boxes at the Lake Dorr Campground.
     Poured 45 concrete pads to install bear-proof food storage boxes at the Clearwater Lake Campground.
     Installed 5 picnic tables at the River Forest Group Campground
     Anchored 12 picnic tables at the Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area.
     Built a campfire ring consisting of a 5 ft wide x 25 ft long sidewalk leading to a 25 ft diameter concrete ring. The fire ring is a 4 ft diameter with a brick inlay. The pad is painted with a compass rose.
     Moved and graded 18 cu yards of fill dirt at the River Forest Group Campground.
     Planted two Centennial live oaks with granite monuments to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and the FourCorps 2010 project at the River Forest Group Campground.
     Donated materials to construct two forest portal signs to be installed along CR42.
     Replaced a 500 ft long protective fence at an archaeological site using 200 long-leaf pines that were thinned from the forest.
     Planted 260 native plants at the Juniper Wayside restoring the natural scenic integrity of the site.
     Planted 5100 native plants at 13 sites along 10 miles of power line right-of-way blocking illegal motor vehicle access roads.
     Restored 8 acres of wetlands using maiden cane.
     Removed 48, 60-gallon garbage bags full of non-native invasive species from two intensely infested sites.
     Constructed and painted, four bear-proof storage boxes at the FWC Conservation Camp at Lake Eaton.
     Painted and performed maintenance on structures at the FWC Conservation Camp.
     Performed trail maintenance along 9 miles of the Florida Trail.
     Removed truckloads of garbage and illegal dumping.
     Project resulted in 4500 hours of volunteer service and donated approximately $6000 in materials to the projects.

  4. Administrator 21. Jun, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    Fabulous accomplishments, FourCorps! Thanks for your support of the National Forests in Florida.