January 4, 2007

Hello fellow Scouters,

 I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to you.  My name is Edwin Naeger, Program Director for Sierra Expeditions.  I come to the WLACC Boy Scouts from Missouri , with a history of 5 summers working for Eagle River Scout Camp in Juneau , Alaska .  I have taken over the task of revamping what was Whitsett Sierra, and expanding the program to better serve the scouting community.

For those of you familiar with Camp Whitsett , we are located in the Lower Sequoia National Forest , just 30 miles north of Kernville , CA . This last summer, 2006, I had the pleasure of being the Trek Director for Whitsett Sierra and while looking at the beauty of the Sequoia National Forest and Golden Trout Wilderness I found myself wondering why more troops and crews were not getting out in this wonderful part of our countries wilderness.  The answer, as I found, was that most of the units had not been informed of the availability of such a program as ours.