Scout Watershed Conservation Project

In March, Beau's scout troop/crew went to Cape Cod to help with a watershed conservation project. Ultimate goal is to revive a saltwater marshland and restore herring spawning grounds. Our portion of the project, however, was brush removal. We cut and piled a swath about a football field in length.

Here you see the brush and the path we cut (plus two hard-working scouts!).

Crew returning to the transportation drop at the end of the day.

During the day, we had many interpretive talks. This is the watershed expert at the mouth of the river showing us the dam that keeps most of the sea water from flowing into the marshland.

Best of all, we got to stay in an old Coast Guard station, right on the beach in Eastham.

Here's the station.

Here's the view from the front porch.

Saturday night we had a campfire on the beach. And roasted marshmallows.