Boy Scout Dylan Green gives osprey nesting platform a needed upgrade
by Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager
This past Sunday we assisted Dylan Green, along with his family and fellow Troop 65 scouts to install three new osprey nesting platforms. The project was done by Dylan as part of his Eagle Scout Service Project. He self funded the project using his own money to purchase the supplies needed to construct the platforms and built the platforms together with his fellow Boy Scouts. The platforms were used to replace two platforms that were in bad condition. The third was installed in a location where a platform used to be located. The osprey population at Cheesequake State Park is small, but it is good habitat for ospreys.
Navigating narrow forest paths, light rain, and swampy marsh conditions did not deter this hardworking crew!! Dylan and his family did a great job with this project! We’ve worked with many Scouts over the years, and Troop 65 is up there with the best! Kudos, Dylan! Thank you for your time and hard work to help ospreys in New Jersey. Thank you to Cheesequake State Park staff for their assistance. If you know of a Boy Scout in the coastal zone who is looking for a service project, then please shoot me an email!
What a wonderful story. Thanks to the Boy Scouts and others! I love Osprey and am glad so many are passionate to take on this task. GOOD JOB!
Hi Ben,
Thanks for sharing this fantastic story. Truly heartening to see young ‘uns take such an interest in an osprey project. Great looking platforms. Well done lads!