page_title: Water and Woods Field Service Council
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: Water and Woods Field Service Council / Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Michigan BSA Councils - Map created using boundary information publicized by the relevant BSA councils. US Census TIGER data used for county and state lines. Council divisions are exact where they coincide with county lines and approximate in other areas. All councils on this map are in the central region.
context_page_description: Water and Woods Field Service Council is a field service council of the Michigan Crossroads Council that serves youth in the central and northeastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The Council is headquartered in Flint, Michigan with service centers located in Auburn, Lansing, and Port Huron. The Water and Woods Field Service Council is the result of a merger in 2012 of Lake Huron Area Council, Blue Water Council, Tall Pine Council and Chief Okemos Council.
context_section_description: The Organization of the Boy Scouts of America councils in Area 2 of the Central Region is unique to Michigan. The Michigan Crossroads Council (MCC) was created by the merger of nine councils in the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is a coordinating council that oversees properties, personnel, and program. MCC is then split into four field service councils which handle the day-to-day aspects of Scouting and have their own professional staff serving local units.
  The Water and Woods Field Service Council is composed of the former Blue Water, Lake Huron Area, Tall Pine, and Chief Okemos Councils.
  Water and Woods is further divided into eight districts to better serve the Scouting units in the local community.
  Blue Star District serving youth in Lapeer County, and serving youth in Davison, Lakeville, Beecher, Bentley, Clio, Flint, Flushing, Genesee, Kearsley, Mount Morris, and Westwood Heights School Districts.
  Blue Water District serving youth in St. Clair and Sanilac County, Michigan
  Chief Okemos District serving youth in Clinton, Eaton and Ingham County, Michigan and the Portland School District in Ionia county.
  Heartland District serving youth in Midland, Gladwin, Clare, Isabella and Gratiot Counties.
  Ojibway District serving youth in Saginaw County, Michigan as well as the communities of Reese and Vassar in Tuscola county.
  Rivers North District serving youth in the Atherton, Bendle, Carman-Ainsworth, Fenton, Goodrich, Grand Blanc, Lake Fenton, Linden, Montrose & Swartz Creek School Districts and Shiawassee County, Michigan
  Shoreline District serving youth in Bay, Arenac, Ogemaw,  Oscoda,  Iosco, and  Alcona counties.
  Thumb District serving youth in Huron and most of Tuscola County.
caption: BSA Councils in Michigan. The Water and Woods FSC serves scouts in eastern and central Michigan.
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