Editing Scouting in Connecticut (section)

===Current councils===
[[Image:US-CT-BSA-COUNCILS.PNG|thumb|right|Current Boy Scouts of America Councils in Connecticut]]
Connecticut has had as many as forty [[Boy Scouts of America]] councils since 1910.  Currently five councils exist in Connecticut.  Four Councils (Connecticut Rivers, Connecticut Yankee, Greenwich and Housatonic) are located within the state of Connecticut. The fifth, Narragansett Council in Rhode Island, serves the youth in the community of [[Pawcatuck, Connecticut]].

All in all, these Councils serve more than 61,700 boys, young men and women in all facets of the Scouting program. They are led by a volunteer group numbering well over 15,000 men and women. 627 young men were awarded their Eagle Badge in 2005.

In 2005, Scouts gave the citizens of Connecticut well over 750,000 community service hours, ranging from Eagle Scout projects and [[Scouting for Food]] to participating in the National Good Turn for America initiative.

The four Connecticut councils operate over {{convert|4000|acres|0|abbr=on}} of camp grounds which served over 8,700 boys and girls in Scouting, as well as several more thousands of non-Scouts that use Scout camps throughout the year.<ref name="scatacook.org">[http://www.scatacook.org/ConnecticutScoutingHistory.htm Scouting History in Connecticut] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050105012433/http://www.scatacook.org/ConnecticutScoutingHistory.htm |date=2005-01-05 }}</ref><ref name="honorpub.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.honorpub.com/scout-e-zine/vol04/council_history/ct_history.htm |title=Boy Scout Council History in Connecticut |access-date=2006-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622101735/http://www.honorpub.com/scout-e-zine/vol04/council_history/ct_history.htm |archive-date=2006-06-22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=" scouter.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.scouter.com/Net_Roster/Boy_Scouts_of_America/Councils/Connecticut/ |title=BSA Councils serving Connecticut |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230003926/http://www.scouter.com/net_roster/Boy_Scouts_of_America/Councils/Connecticut/ |archive-date=2006-12-30 }}</ref><ref name="Red and White">{{cite web |url=http://www.rwsworld.com/cgi-bin/by-state.cgi?state=CT |title=Images of Red and White Boy Scout Council patchs in Connecticut |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040718164108/http://www.rwsworld.com/cgi-bin/by-state.cgi?state=CT |archive-date=2004-07-18 }}</ref>

====Connecticut Rivers Council====
{{Main article|Connecticut Rivers Council}}
Connecticut Rivers Council is the largest of the four Connecticut-based Councils. It serves the youth in 127 communities, covering six and a half of the eight counties in Connecticut and [[Fishers Island]], New York.

====Connecticut Yankee Council====
{{Main article|Connecticut Yankee Council}}
Connecticut Yankee Council serves 37 communities which covers half of New Haven county and most of Fairfield counties.

====Greenwich Council====
{{Main article|Greenwich Council (Boy Scouts of America)}}
[[File:Boy Scouts in Greenwich, Connecticut.jpg|thumb|Greenwich Council]]
Greenwich Council serves one Connecticut community, the town of Greenwich.

====Housatonic Council====
{{Main article|Housatonic Council}}
Housatonic Council serves 5 communities in the Naugatuck Valley region.

====Narragansett Council====
{{Main article|Narragansett Council}}
The Narragansett Council's insignia and shoulder patch list "RI MA CT" as the states in which it operates. The council serves all of Rhode Island and several entire counties in Massachusetts. However, the "CT" portion is limited to the village of [[Pawcatuck]], along the [[Pawcatuck River]] that separates Connecticut from [[Rhode Island]]. Pawcatuck is in the town of [[Stonington (borough), Connecticut|Stonington]], whose other units are part of the Connecticut Rivers Council.