Bryce Orloski of Bethlehem, Dylan Reber of Pottsville, Jonathan Schatz of Schuylkill Haven and Tadd Shiffer Jr. of Pine Grove were awarded the Forest Conservation Award.

The Scouts are members of the Auburn BSA Troop 651.The Forest Conservation Award is bestowed to a Scout that has earned the Forestry Merit Badge and two other related badges such as Bird Study, Weather, Insect Study, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving, and, Nature, to name a few.Frank P. Snyder, service forester for the Bureau of Forestry, State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and their Scout Master Kenneth S. Reber of Cressona presented the awards to Orloski and Schatz at their troop's Court of Honor which was held at St. Paul's UCC near Auburn on May 4. Reber and Shiffer were not present for the presentation.The Forest Conservation Award program is sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry. The award recognizes scouts that show an interest and desire to learn more about the forest resources in Pennsylvania. The bureau of Forestry has enlisted the help of the Hawk Mountain Council to promote the program.Frank P. Snyder, service forester for the Weiser Forest District of DNCR, Bureau of Forestry, said the Scouts earned the Forestry Merit Badge plus Orloski earned Environmental Science and Plant Science Merit Badges, Reber earned Nature and Orienteering Merit Badges. Schatz earned Nature and Orienteering Merit Badges and Shiffer earned Environmental Science and Pulp and Paper Merit Badges to be bestowed the awards.