Service projects

Scouts at the nature center

The Boy Scouts of America are an active partner of the Eastman Nature Center, represented by several troops in the East Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. Scouts partner with Eastman to complete Eagle Scout projects in the habitat area.

Members of a local scout troop work on a project

Eagle Scout projects

A listing of some of the recent projects completed at the nature center


Scout/troop Project Completion date
Drew Smith (621) 
Trail map and tree ID using GIS (and addition of box for printed maps) 
May 2023 
Aiden Terry (302) 
Purple paint law along fence line 
May 2023 
Mateo Aguilar (621) 
Nesting box maintenance and repair
April 2023
Matthew Guck
Built additional amphitheater benches 
November 2021 
Ian Price (201)  Built two additional outdoor classrooms August 2014
Garett Froats (201)  Built additional wood duck and bluebird nesting boxes and replaced some existing boxes  August 2013