FRENCHVILLE – Boy Scout Troop 9 members recently participated in a Wilderness Survival Campout near Frenchville.
Assistant Scoutmaster Scott McKenzie instructed the scouts about making shelter from natural materials, edible plants, starting a fire with flint and steel and filtering water from a nearby stream.
The scouts also caught fish with just a stick, string, hook and natural bait. The scouts have started to work on their Wilderness Survival Merit Badge with McKenzie.
Shown, from left in the front row, are Cub Scout visitor Monte Diethrick and Patrick Knepp. In the second row, from left, are Dayton Kelly, Jeremiah Vezza, Zack Jenkins, Nick Vaow, Austin Gisewhite, Warren Diethrick, Jacob Peterson and Camden Gormont. In the back row, from left, are Andrew Jenkins, McKenzie and Mike Vaow.