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Spearheaded by support of President Eisenhower a Good Turn
Conservation Year was supported by the scouts during 1954. Some
of the results of this programme are summarized as follows :
41,721 water and soil conservation projects;
38,125 forestry projects;
29,323 fish and wildlife projects;
30,323 outdoor manners projects were completed under guidance.
To be more specific these activities resulted in the following :
781,955 feet of lake shore and stream improved;
1,093,142 feet of hedgerows planted;
65,485 eroding gullies were worked on;
6,192,753 trees were planted;
439,783 food-bearing shrubs were planted;
55,346 nesting boxes for wood ducks and squirrels were made
and set out;
3,284,781 outdoor good manner posters were distributed effectively.
In addition to these accomplishments eleven scout TV shots
were prepared and used over 20,000 times in 1954 or more than any
other TV conservation films during the same time.
The Good Turn Year was followed by a programme in which a
select group of boys were given an airplane survey of the conservation
situation in their country. The boys were chosen as
representative of the various regions recognized in scouting.
So much for the past. What of the future ? It has been decided
that in 1960 there will be another national Jamboree, that conservation
will have an even more important emphasis in it than it has
in the past, that in addition to the programme carried on at some
central point and involving approximately the same number of scouts
as in the latest Jamborees there will be concurrent activities carried on
locally by all the scout councils in which everyone will « get into the
act ». This means that in July 1960 every scout council in the United
States will do something specific and practical for the advancement
of conservation and for increasing our understanding of the importance
of our natural resources. The programme as at present conceived
calls for appropriate activities for cub scouts, scouts and all
other classifications of scouts. The programme will not deal solely
with matters of interest to those who live in the open country but will
recognize that urban populations have an interest in intelligent conservation
and an obligation to do their part.
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