Linemen lend a hand for Eagle Scout project, sustainable bat population

When Ran­dall Sing­has, a Boy Scout with Rich­mond Hill Troop 333, approached the Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive oper­a­tions staff about help­ing with his Eagle Scout project this sum­mer, we said yes right off the bat.

Sing­has want­ed to install new bat box­es along the main cause­way at Fort McAl­lis­ter State Park, replac­ing old­er ones installed in 2008 as an Eagle Scout project by Jason Moose of Rich­mond Hill. (Line Super­vi­sor Clint W Line­men lend a hand for Eagle Scout project, sus­tain­able bat pop­u­la­tion Dur­rence actu­al­ly helped with the 2008 project, as well as Sing­has’ project in June 2023).

Sing­has and fel­low Scouts researched and built the bat box­es them­selves, opt­ing for a slim­mer design than the old­er box­es.

“I was look­ing for a project that was sim­ple but also sus­tain­able, and a bat box is going to be that,” he says. “Bats eat mos­qui­tos at the camp­ground, so that makes it a bet­ter envi­ron­ment for pay­ing cus­tomers here. I’ve been com­ing to Fort McAl­lis­ter ever since I’ve lived here for 17 years, so it’s nice to do some­thing to help them.”

Thanks to Line­men Josh Cow­art, Slade Walk­er, Eric Wells, Hunter Hawkins and Clint Dur­rence for assist­ing with the project!

As a not-for-prof­it elec­tric coop­er­a­tive, we do so much more than pro­vide elec­tric­i­ty. We exist to meet the needs of local peo­ple and make our com­mu­ni­ty a bet­ter place to live.