Boy Scouts Troop 151

	U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Mid-Continent Region

Boy Scout Troop 151
AUGUSTA LAKE CLEAN STREAM PROJECT
August 28, 1999

One of the many projects underway by Indiana's Patoka South Fork Watershed Steering Committee is reclamation of the 52 acre acid filled Augusta Lake. In an effort to neutralize the lake, along with over two miles of Mill Creek, before it drains into the Patoka River, Boy Scouts from Troop 151, under the leadership of Chuck Froehle, scout leader, did reclamation work on August 28, 1999. Six scouts, three adult advisors and one scout leader, filled over 130 sandbags, spread over 1,400 pounds of alkaline soda ash briquettes, in creating one of what will be four wetland treatment areas leading into the lake. The following pictures show their efforts.

	Boy Scouts from Troop 151 working to fill sandbags to create a dike that will retain water and become a wetland. The dike will be three rows high upon completion.
	Chuck Froehle, Scout leader of Troop 151, in the center assisting with the filling of sandbags. The scouts used in place material to fill the bags.
	A scout taking a break. Note that the second row of the three-row dike is nearing completion.
	Scouts from Troop 151 filling in sandbags.
	Scouts spreading 50 pound bags of soda ash briquettes. The briquettes are highly alkaline and will neutralize both the acid mine drainage and accumulated acid soils thereby facilitating the wetland. Note the scouts are wearing goggles and rubber gloves for protection.
	Application of the soda ash briquettes behind the finished sandbag dike. Over 1,400 pounds of soda ash was spread this day.
	The six scouts of Troop 151 standing in front of the finished, three row high sandbag dike for the wetland. Note the gloves and goggles the scouts have on for protection in spreading the alkaline soda ash briquettes. Over 130 sandbags comprise this single dike.
	The six scouts of Troop 151, their three adult advisors and scout leader Chuck Froehle, standing on the left. In the back ground is a portion of the 52 acre acid ravaged Augusta Lake.