Mid-America Council
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Country | United States | ||
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| Location | Omaha, Nebraska | ||
| Lodge Chief | Micheal K. | ||
| Lodge Adviser | Vince Cummings Jr. | ||
| Lodge Staff Adviser | Jason Cruse | ||
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Website http://www.mac-bsa.org/camp_order.aspx |
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The Mid-America Council of the Boy Scouts of America offers programs in 58 counties in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. The Mid-America Council was formed from a merger of the Covered Wagon Council and the Southwest Iowa Council in 1965. The first recorded Council in the area was in 1918 as the Omaha Council. The first recording Scouting activity in the area was in 1917, with the Omaha World-Herald article about Troop 42, still in existence.
In 2000 the council merged with the Prairie Gold Council in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Council is separated into eleven districts.
Mid America Council operates four camps. Its Boy Scout summer camp is located at Camp Cedars, near Fremont, Nebraska while its Cub Scout resident camp is located at Little Sioux Scout Ranch near Little Sioux, Iowa. Other council camps include Camp Eagle, near Fremont, Nebraska and Camp Wa-Kon-Da, Bellevue, Nebraska. The council formerly operated Camp Wakonda near Griswold, Iowa, in operation from 1948 until 1978. The Little Sioux Scout Ranch was heavily damaged by a tornado on June 11, 2008, which killed four Scouts and hospitalized 40 of 93 Scouts and Scouters attending a leadership development event. Camp Butterfield is currently being sold for private hunting and recreation purposes.
The Little Sioux Scout Ranch is a 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) Scout reservation operated by the Mid-America Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It is located in Little Sioux, Iowa, approximately sixty miles north of Omaha, Nebraska in Iowa's Loess Hills and is approximately 15 minutes east of Interstate 29.
Hiking trails cover the heavily timbered camp, along with mowed meadows and several remote campsites. There are also four cabin shelters and a 15 acres (0.061 km2) lake. The Mutual of Omaha Administration Building was completed in 2000, and two years later the MidAmerican Energy Pavilion was finished, seating 300 at picnic tables. Individual packs, troops and posts use the facility, along with Order of the Arrow conclaves, district and council camporees. Pahuk Pride, a weeklong National Youth Leadership Training event, is held annually at this camp.
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