College of Wilderness Knowledge

Eagle Project Ideas at Birch Bend Campground

Eagle Service Project Ideas (WG = west gate, EG = east gate) (H, M, or L) = priority
* Conservation related or BSA Distinguished Conservation Service Award possibilities
• * Deer study fence area (L)
• * Insect hotel (L)
• * Water overflow drain (road cattle gate) on road into East Gate (L)
• * Raingarden by WG campsites so water won’t flow directly into Lake (L)
• * West gate group site 1 rehab – ditch and landscaping (L)
• WG campsite 7/8: Tent pads need drainage or rising; EG campsite 9: level some tent pads (L)
• Canvas or steel roofed storage area for 7 wheeled carts near the EG turn around (L)
• 3 new picnic tables, 2 prep tables, and 2 new rickshaws (M)
• Large wood drying cribs by West Gate Pavilion, West Gate group site #1, and WG #13 (M)
• Create new Charboneau Woods campsites, each with firepit, wood crib, picnic & prep table (M)
• * Create a bridge on the White Pine Trail over the low area near Hwy. 51 (L)
• * Clear around a large white pine tree along the White Pine Trail so pine seedlings can grow and re-clear around the Grandmother White Pine. Cage and mark the pine seedlings found (M)
• Create a new trail from East Gate camp site 4 to the pine halfway down the White Pine Trail (L)
• Cut poles for the tipi, install them, and hang the tipi canvas (L)
• Build two outhouses at Charboneau Woods and replace one at west gate (M)
• Build permanent bear-resistant pole and cable food hoists to keep smellables from animals (L)