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The Seneca Waterways NYLT Program builds Team Development and Leadership Skills.

Advanced Leadership training for youth is one of the greatest experiences in Scouting. Learn and use lifelong leadership skills as a Scout.

NYLT is a leadership and team development experience developed by Scouts BSA to enable Scouting youth to lead their Scouting Troop, Crew or Ship. The program uses the Aims and Methods of Scouting to teach youth the skills of leadership and teamwork in the setting of an ideal Scouts BSA troop.. The experience is conducted in the outdoors and is entirely youth-led with adult supervision. Many youth who have taken NYLT describe it as one of their greatest Scouting experiences. Concepts and skills learned during NYLT are easily applicable to a wide variety of leadership opportunities both inside and outside of Scouting.

During NYLT, Scouts will spend 6 days in a camping environment that exemplifies the ideals of Scouting as Robert Baden-Powell described when he started the Scouting movement. The experience combines didactic discussions (presented by youth) with a series of challenges that enable participants working in patrols to immediately apply leadership and teamwork principles. Participants see “youth-led” principles modeled by youth staff as well as practicing those principles in their patrols.

Seneca Waterways Council operates one of the largest and most successful NYLT programs in the Northeast at the Walmsley Sawyer Training Center, located at Camp Cutler. Enrollment is strictly limited to 48 participants to maintain the quality of the program. Youth attempting to register for a filled course will be put on a waiting list.

To be eligible to attend NYLT, Scouts BSA members must be 13-17 and have achieved First Class rank or higher. Venturers and Sea Scouts must be 14 or have completed 8th grade.

COVID-19 Information:  (Updated: January 2024):  We will follow all of the guidelines for COVID-19 as set forth by NY State Department of Health and enacted through the Seneca Waterways Council.

Register Early – Important Dates:

2024 Summer Course:

• NYLT Pricing:
  • The NYLT online registration requires a $225 deposit
  • Early Bird NYLT Price, $430, must be PAID IN FULL before the Early Bird Deadline of May 25, 2024
  • Standard NYLT Price, total fee of $480, must be paid by the Final Payment Deadline of June 22, 2024
  • Late Registration Price, total fee of $510 if not paid in full by June 22, 2024
  • Financial assistance (campership) is available - https://senecawaterways.org/campership-information/​
  • All NYLT Fees are non-refundable
• NYLT Fee pays for
  • All meals, snacks, and beverages
  • An NYLT Course T-shirt
  • The NYLT Course Neckerchief
  • The NYLT Course Patch
  • And all other course materials
• Questions
  • For detailed NYLT questions: email nylt@senecawaterways.org
  • For registration questions: call (585) 241-8545 or email nylt@senecawaterways.org
• Registering for NYLT
  • Registration for National Youth Leadership Training is a three step process.
  • First, begin the registration process by clicking on the Register Now! button on the NYLT Event Page, which will take you through Electronic Registration, collect personal information and allow you to pay your deposit for National Youth Leadership Training.
  • Second, the parent/guardian of the Scout attending NYLT should click on the 2024 Info for Parents of NYLT Participants (under Attachments), complete the necessary forms, scan/print to PDF and email them to nylt@senecawaterways.org.
  • Finally, the Scout attending NYLT should click on the 2024 Info for NYLT Participants (under Attachments), complete the necessary forms, and give the forms to their parent/guardian to be included with the rest of the paperwork submitted.

You may continue to login to the council website and make payments toward your course participation at any time or send checks to the Scout Service Center as long as NYLT, the course number and the Scouts name are noted with the check.

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