General News: Eagle Scout Project Dedicated at Museum
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| Jacob Harrell (center) cuts the ribbon with education director Judy Onufer while museum trustee George Muser looks on. |
November 12, 2011
A graduate of the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s pre-school program came back to the museum on Friday to cut the ribbon of his Eagle Scout project that he recently completed.
Jacob Harrell, a junior at Cornwall Central High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 118, says that he felt a special connection with the museum and when he was looking for an Eagle Scout Leadership project, he came to the museum staff, who told him about the dock on Muskrat Pond that needed to be replaced.
Harrell undertook the project that took three months from the planning stage through completion. As he explained, the project required help from a number of people who he approached for assistance. Matt Levinson, an environmental engineer and Cornwall-on-Hudson resident, took Harrell’s plans for the new dock and made computer-assisted designs. Andy Callahan helped dig the holes for the posts.
“It’s a leadership project and you need other scouts and volunteers to help you,” Harrell said, estimating that about 300 hours was invested in constructing the new wooden dock.
On Friday afternoon, museum staff and supporters, along with Mary Beth Greene Krafft and Jacob’s family, walked up through the fields to Muskrat Pond for the official ribbon cutting.
Judy Onufer, the museum’s education director, said they were honoring Jacob and his work that will provide future young naturalists a place to lay on their bellies and look down into the pond to explore the world of nature.
Harrell said that he expects to gain his Eagle Scout status in the near future, capping a ten-year commitment to the Scouts.
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