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The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, often shortened as Summit Bechtel Reserve (SBR), located in Fayette and Raleigh Counties, near Beckley, 〔 West Virginia, is one of four facilities managed by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The Summit Bechtel Reserve is the home of the National Scout Jamboree, the Paul R. Christen National High Adventure Base, the James C. Justice National Scout Camp, and the John D. Tickle National Training and Leadership Center. The reserve comprises properties totaling over . The facilities opening event was the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. On November 18, 2009, the BSA announced the acquisition of the property comprising the main 10,600 acre site what is now The Summit Bechtel Reserve. Its acquisition was made possible through a donation from the Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation.〔 The $50 million donation is the largest in the history of the BSA.〔〔 On October 22, 2010 the BSA announced that total donations had reached $100 million, including a $25 million donation from the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation.〔 Both Stephen Bechtel and Walter Scott, Jr. are recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA).〔 October 22 is also the day the BSA announced the dates of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree and the day ground was broken at SBR with 22 golden shovels.〔〔 The Scott funds funded the building of the Scott Scouting Valley and the Scott Visitor Center. Another gift from T. Michael and Gillian Goodrich led to the creation of centerpiece lake on the main site property now known as Goodrich Lake. Mike Goodrich is also a DESA recipient.〔〔〔 The Summit Bechtel Reserve is located adjacent to the New River Gorge National River.〔〔 Managed by the National Park Service (NPS), the National River comprises approximately that exemplifies the typically rugged Appalachian Mountains, and is a popular whitewater rafting, mountain biking, rock climbing, and tourism destination.〔 It is also the home of the well known New River Gorge Bridge, which hosts an annual base jumping event each October. The current goals of construction at the site are developing infrastructure, providing access to the area’s resources for outdoor activities, and preparing for the more than 50,000 anticipated attendees of the 2013 National Scout Jamboree. The Summit is expected to inject $25.3 million into the local economy annually.〔 ==Inception== Plans for The Summit began in 2007 when BSA leadership began looking for a permanent location for the National Scout Jamboree, which had been held at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia since 1981 as well as seeking another high adventure base for the large number of Scouts who are wait-listed at the other three high adventure camps every year.〔 A committee in charge of site selection and project planning was created. The committee named the new venture Project Arrow, chaired by Jack D. Furst. Plans for Project Arrow grew to include not only a venue for the Jamboree, but also for a scout camp, a high adventure base, and a training and leadership center, all housed on the same contiguous property.〔 More than 80 sites in 28 states were visited over an 18-month span and inspected as possible locations for the new venue.〔〔 The top fifteen sites were visited in October 2008 and the list was cut to three final sites: Saline County, Arkansas; Goshen, Rockbridge County, Virginia; and the New River region of West Virginia. In February 2009 Arkansas was cut from the list, leaving Virginia and West Virginia.〔〔〔 On August 4, 2009, the BSA announced it was no longer considering the Virginia site and was looking into the feasibility of the West Virginia site becoming the sole site for all purposes.〔 On Wednesday November 18, 2009, the BSA announced that it had chosen the West Virginia site, known locally as the Garden Ground Mountain property, as the future home of The Summit Bechtel Reserve.〔 One of the deciding factors for Project Arrow in choosing the West Virginia site was its adjacency to New River Gorge National River. More than 13 miles of the property borders the park, giving Scouts and Scouters access to the more than 70,000 acres of managed wilderness beyond the Reserve's property.〔 On April 1, 2012, Justin D. (Dan) McCarthy was appointed Summit Group Director. He is responsible for all aspects of the operation of the Reserve. McCarthy is a retired Vice-Admiral of the U.S. Navy where he served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics. A lifelong Scouter, McCarthy received the Silver Buffalo Award, the BSA's highest volunteer recognition, in May 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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