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===Sam Houston Area Council=== {{Infobox WorldScouting |name=Sam Houston Area Council (#576) |image=File:Cockrell Scout Center of the Sam Houston Area Council.jpg |type=council |owner=[[Scouting_America|Scouting America ]] |headquarters=[[Houston, Texas]] |location=2225 N Loop W, Houston, Texas 77008-1311 |country=United States |coords= |f-date=1914 |defunct= |founders= |founder= |members= |chiefscouttitle=Scout Executive / CEO |chiefscout=Marvin Smith |chiefscouttitle2=Chief Operating Officer |chiefscout2=Thomas Franklin |chiefscouttitle3=Chief Development Officer |chiefscout3=Travis Briner |website={{url | http://www.samhoustonbsa.org }} }} The Sam Houston Area Council serves youth in 16 counties in southeast Texas. The council headquarters is in Houston. ====Organization==== Central Division * {{url | http://aldine-pathfinder.shac.org | Aldine Pathfinder District}} * {{url | http://tatanka.shac.org | Tatanka District}} * {{url | http://antares.shac.org | Antares District}} * {{url | http://wl-davis.shac.org | W.L. Davis District}} East Division * {{url | http://san-jacinto.shac.org | San Jacinto District}} * {{url | http://flaming-arrow.shac.org | Flaming Arrow District}} * {{url | http://raven.shac.org | Raven District}} * {{url | http://skyline.shac.org | Skyline District}} Frontier Division * {{url | http://arrowmoon.shac.org | Arrowmoon District}} * {{url | http://brahman.shac.org | Brahman District}} * {{url | http://david-crockett.shac.org | David Crockett District}} * {{url | http://george-strake.shac.org | George Strake District}} North Division * {{url | http://iron-horse.shac.org | Iron Horse District}} * {{url | http://phoenix.shac.org | Phoenix District}} * {{url | http://soaring-eagle.shac.org | Soaring Eagle District}} * {{url | http://tall-timbers.shac.org | Tall Timbers District}} * {{url | http://orion.shac.org | Orion District}} South Division * {{url | http://aquila.shac.org | Aquila District}} * {{url | http://brazos.shac.org | Brazos District}} * {{url | http://north-star.shac.org | North Star District}} * {{url | http://thunder-wolf.shac.org | Thunder Wolf District}} * {{url | http://twin-bayou.shac.org | Twin Bayou District}} West Division * {{url | http://copperhead.shac.org | Copperhead District}} * {{url | http://big-cypress.shac.org | Big Cypress District}} * {{url | http://mustang.shac.org | Mustang District}} * {{url | http://texas-skies.shac.org | Texas Skies District}} Learning for Life Division * {{url | http://exploring.shac.org | Exploring - North District}} * {{url | http://exploring.shac.org | Exploring - South District}} * {{url | http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/learning-for-life | Learning for Life - Curriculum}} * {{url | https://stemscouts.org | STEM Scouts}} ====Camps==== * Camp Strake was a Boy Scout Camp in Southern [[Montgomery County, Texas]] off of [[I-45]]. The camp closed in December 2014. Camp Strake is moving to a rural site in the Sam Houston National Forest, between New Waverly and Coldspring near the community of Evergreen in order to create a 21st-century Scouting experience for Scouts and their leaders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Strake β Sam Houston Area Council |url=http://www.samhoustonbsa.org/camp-strake}}</ref> * El Rancho Cima Scout Reservation, a 2,680 acre mountain ranch purchased in 1953. It is located on the [[Blanco River (Texas)|Blanco River]] near [[Wimberley, Texas]] in the Devil's Backbone of the [[Texas Hill Country]]. El Rancho Cima contains three main areas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2019 |title=Texas Scout Camps |url=http://maintour.com/texas/scout_camps.htm}}</ref> - ** Due to devastating flooding at El Rancho Cima's River Camp on Memorial Day 2015, El Rancho Cima was closed as a scout camp. Hays County purchased a portion of the land from SHAC in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/el-rancho-cima-texas/|title = El Rancho Cima|date = November 19, 2019|publisher = [[The Nature Conservancy]]}}</ref> * Camp Brosig is located seven miles north of [[Sealy, Texas]]. This camp is used primarily for weekend camping at district/council activities. * Bovay Scout Ranch is located off SH 6, just south of [[Navasota, Texas]]. Bovay Scout Ranch contains the McNair Cub Adventure Camp and the Tellepsen Scout Camp. ====OA Lodges==== * Colonneh Lodge #137<ref>{{url | http://www.colonneh.org}}</ref> ====International exchanges==== Houston Scouts have an international relationship with [[Scout Association of Japan|Scouts]] in [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]], Japan.
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