Every Scout deserves a well-trained leader. Are you that leader? Complete Wood Badge and you will be! In doing so, you will change not only your life but also the lives of the youth you lead. In 2025, Nevada Area Council will offer Wood Badge at Rafter 66 Ranch just north of Reno on July 18-22. Participants are required to attend the full course and must be at least 18 years of age. Why Wood Badge? Check out this article about how the training program recently celebrated its 75th birthday!

Invest in YOURSELF – AND TAKE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL!

Wood Badge will help you improve your leadership skills in a fun outdoor setting. You’ll be a part of a Cub Pack and a Scouts BSA Troop as you learn from amazing instructors, your fellow participants, and even from youth! Over the course of 5 days, you will learn and experience the themes of Wood Badge: Connecting, Guiding, Empowering, Growing, and Living the Values.

Past participants have compared Wood Badge to corporate training courses costing thousands of dollars and have said “Wood Badge is WAY better!”

Wood Badge will help you understand Scouting as a family of interrelated, values-based programs providing age-appropriate activities for youth.

Revitalize your commitment to Scouting by sharing in an inspirational experience that helps many Scouters consider Wood Badge to be one of the peak experiences of their Scouting careers. Wood Badge has served as a source of training and inspiration to thousands. In return, Wood Badge participants have impacted the lives of millions of youth.

This course will sell out, so get your registration in early!

We sincerely hope that you can participate. You will enjoy it fully and benefit from it immensely. You are to be commended for the work you are doing now in Scouting. Wood Badge training will enable you to make an even greater contribution as you help deliver the promise of Scouting.

Woodbadge is the premier adult leadership training course offered by the Boy Scouts of America.  Vision Devleopment, Goal Setting, Situational Leadership, and Stages of Team Development only begin to scratch the surface.  For many, Woodbadge is a life changing experience.  This course is open to Registered Scouters in the Nevada Area Council from all programs, and positions.  It is also open to Scouters from other Councils as well.

Youth Staff is by invitation only.  Need Seven Youth Staff.  Minimum requirement is 14 YO and First Class. NYLT is highly recommended for the Scout to be selected for this days program facilitation.

Youth Staff Schedule:

Introduced at Opening Flags on Day 4 at Gilwell Field, Monday, July 21st.  Arrive at 7:00 am to participate in breakfast

If not able to make the Opening Assembly, then they will be expected to arrive by 11:00AM prior to lunch and will perform the following duties.

1. Facilitate the Problem Solving-Round Robin games at 1:00 PM. 

2. Facilitate the Problem Discussion on Problem Solving after the Round Robin Games. 

3. Facilitate the Candelabra Activity 

They should be prepared to provide 2.5 Hours of service on the afternoon (Until approx 3:30PM. They will depart Camp upon completion of the Candelabra experience. Remember that Patrols are moved off to the overnight/outdoor experience for this dinner so in camp it will just be staff for dinner.