Districts

The Sam Houston Area Council is divided into geographic districts. Each district is served by at least one professional staff member -- district executive and/or district director. The district executive or director leads teams of hundreds of adult volunteer leaders in providing a Scouting program to the youth members in the community. Council Map

District	Location and Boundaries	Contact
Apollo	Southeast and southwest area of the Houston ISD attendance zones of Harris County, including Sharpstown, Bellaire, Meyerland, Braes Oak, Third Ward, Sunnyside, and Hiram Clarke areas.	Trevor Lewis, Senior District Executive (713) 263-4104 trevor.lewis@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Arrowhead	Fort Bend ISD attendance zone north of US-59 in Fort Bend County and Alief ISD.	Vacant Contact: Marcus Jackson, Field Director (832) 545-0228 marcus.jackson@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Arrowmoon	Anderson-Shiro, Bryan, Caldwell, College Station, Huntsville, Iola, Madisonville, Navasota, New Waverly, Normangee, North Zulch, Richards, Snook, and Trinity school districts.	Benjamin Hirsch, District Executive benjamin.hirsch@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Big Cypress	Northwest area of the Cy-Fair ISD attendance zones of Harris County, including Cypress, Bridgeland and Fairfield.	Rachel Webster, District Executive rachel.webster@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Coastal Plains	Bay City, Brazos, Boling, East Bernard, El Campo, Lamar, Louise, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, Van Vleck, and Wharton school districts.	Jamaal Roberts, District Executive (281) 908-9890 jamaal.roberts@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
David Crockett	Bellville, Brenham, Burton, Columbus, Hempstead, Rice Consolidated, Sealy, Somerville, Waller and Weimar school districts.	Leslie Anderson, District Executive 847-809-7338 leslie.anderson2@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts	Newsletter
Flaming Arrow	Splendora, New Caney, Huffman and Humble school districts.	Chris Flores, District Executive 520-858-6850 christopher.flores2@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
George Strake	Conroe New Waverly, Oak Ridge, Shenandoah, The Woodlands and Willis school districts.	Dusty Boatright, District Director (713) 2 63-4778 dustin.boatright@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Iron Horse	Spring and Klein ISD (east of Kuykendahl) located North of Houston in Spring, TX.	Houston Farris, District Executive (713) 756-332 9 robert.farris@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Lone Star	Aldine ISD and Houston ISD schools in Garden Oaks, Oak Forest, Acres Homes, the Heights, Independence Heights, north side of downtown Houston.	Vacant Contact: Juan Hernadez, Field Director (713) 756-3373 juan.hernandez@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Mustang	Spring Branch ISD and Houston ISD schools north of Westheimer and outside of Beltway 8.	Vacant Donald Galiley, District Director (832) 971-8951 donald.galiley@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Orion	Tomball, Magnolia and Montgomery school districts.	Michael Polloni, District Executive michael.polloni@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Phoenix	Klein ISD (west of Kuykendahl) located North of Houston and east of Highway 249.	Aaron Babin, District Executive 713-254-4914 aaron.babin@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts	Newsletter
Raven	East Houston area of Houston ISD, Barbers Hill, Channelview, Crosby, Galena Park, Goose Creek Consolidated, Channelview, Crosby, Mont Belvieu, Sheldon school districts.	David Ralph, District Director (972) 816-7966 david.ralph@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Red Wolf	Eastern Area of Cy-Fair ISD attendance zones of Harris County and the southwest side of the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD south of West Rd and west of Eldridge Pkwy.	Ashley Hertzog, District Executive ashley.hertzog@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
San Jacinto	Clear Creek, Deer Park, La Porte and Pasadena school districts.	Patrick Murphy, District Executive 832-586-3423 patrick.murphy@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
ScoutReach	A non-traditional school-based program that supports select schools in the Sheldon ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Houston ISD, and Lamar CISD.	Marisol Gonzalez, District Director (713) 598-4954 marisol.gonzalez@scouting.org		Website				Contacts
Texas Skies	Katy and Royal school districts.	Jonathon Mook, District Director (832) 707-0161 jonathon.mook@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts	Newsletter
Thunder Wolf	Fort Bend ISD attendance zone South of US-59 and Stafford ISD in Fort Bend County.	Vacant Contact: Marcus Jackson, Field Director (832) 545-0228 marcus.jackson@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Twin Bayou	Southwest area of Houston ISD attendance zones of Harris County, including West University, Tanglewilde, River Oaks, Upper Kirby, Neartown, Galleria, Tanglewood and Westchase.	David Ralph, District Director (972) 816-7966 david.ralph@scouting.org		Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts	Newsletter
Council Programs
Colonneh Lodge	The Colonneh Lodge, Order of the Arrow is the national honor society of Scouting America.		Contacts	Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Exploring	Exploring is Learning for Life’s career education program to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults.		Contacts	Website	Facebook			Contacts
Sea Scouts	Sea Scouts is a specialized program that focuses on water high adventure and personal development.		Contacts	Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Venturing	Venturing is a youth development program that provides positive experiences to help young people mature and become responsible and caring adults.		Contacts	Website	Facebook	Calendar	Events	Contacts
Council Committees
Advancement	The council Advancement Committee is responsible for implementing the procedures that help achieve BSA advancement.		Contacts	Website			Contacts
Aquatics	The Aquatics Committee has overall responsibility for the Council’s aquatics activities in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, Sea Scouts and Exploring. Members of the aquatics committee are experienced Scouters with a background in aquatics or aquatics specialists involved in the Scouting program.		Contacts	Website			Contacts
Camping	The Camping Committee is designed to help councils and districts offer a balanced outdoor program that delivers the promise of Scouting—from Cub Scouting to Venturing and Sea Scouting.		Contacts	Website
Climbing	The council Climbing Committee is dedicated to providing quality training and activities above and beyond the basic camping experiences of Scouting America.		Contacts	Website		Calendar	Contacts
Conservation Committee	The council Conservation Committee provides expertise in matters of ecology, conservation, and resource management.		Contacts	Website			Contacts
Fishing Committee					Facebook
International Committee	The council International Committee work to help Scouts and leaders from the BSA to experience the bigger picture of Scouting and connect with it through our involvement in the World Organization of the Scout Movement.		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Scouts with Disabilities and Special Needs	The Disabilities Awareness Committee is committed to making Scouting accessible and enjoyable to all Scouts, regardless of their abilities.		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Shooting Sports	The purpose of the council shooting sports committee is to manage and provide resources to the council, the camping committee, and the council camps for all activities involving shooting sports whether during summer camps or during year-round shooting opportunities.		Contacts	Website	Facebook	Calendar	Contacts
STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are considered by many to be the foundation of an advanced society. A variety of awards that incorporate learning with cool activities and exposure to STEM are available.		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Training	The leadership training committee is charged with making available certain training opportunities, seeing to it that high standards are set and complied with, and assuring that instructors faithfully adhere to those high standards. Council Training Schedule		Contacts	Website		Calendar	Contacts
Training	Wood Badge Training is the premier adult leader training program in Scouting.		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Council Camps
Bovay Scout Camp	Bovay Scout Ranch is a 1,498-acre property located three miles south of downtown Navasota, Texas. Bovay Scout Ranch has facilities for a wide range of activities including a water park, slingshots (wrist rockets), BMX bikes, dino dig, Cub Scout shooting range and more. • Leader's Guide • Pack Overnight Camping • Adventure Camp • Resident Camp • Webelos Coyote Extreme • Fun with Family		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Camp Brosig	Camp Brosig is a primitive, 92-acre property, located six miles north of Sealy, TX, in Austin County with 20 campsites, program fields, large covered pavilion and meeting room. • Weekend Camping		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Camp Strake	Camp Strake is a first-class, state-of-the-art camp at a rural site near the Sam Houston National Forest, close to the community of Evergreen. • Leader's Guide • Weekend Camping • Summer Camp • Winter Camp • Full Throttle • Strake Odyssey • STEM Camp		Contacts	Website	Facebook		Contacts
Tellepsen Scout Camp	Tellepsen Scout Camp is located at Bovay Scout Ranch with rolling hills and lakes, campsites surrounded by native huisache and bois-d’arc trees, and sunsets that are absolutely breathtaking. • Weekend Camping		Contacts	Website			Contacts
Camping Resources	• Campmasters • Camp Staff • NCAP			Website

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Council Camps