PhilNews 2015

IssueDateFeature StoriesMore inside!
YearbookAugust 25 
August 25, 2015 Issue 12 Download
10August 14
  • A truly universal experience: Ring Place
  • Last(ing) impressions
  • Always prepared: Philmont’s Fire Department
  • Leaving a legacy: Rich Cabins
  • Trekking with the family
  • Searching for Seally Canyon
  • Expect the unexpected: Rayado
August 14, 2015 Issue 11 Download
9August 7
  • Coding the digital ranch: Jaime López
  • A Million Miracles signing at Philmont
  • Philmont’s backbone: The Infirmary
  • Homesteading at Crooked Creek
  • Don’t trade your trek for a cheeseburger: Urraca Mesa
  • Every crew leaves happy: a visit to Black Mountain
  • Keeping the ranch connected: The Mailroom
August 7, 2015 Issue 9 Download
8July 30
  • Philmont’s Western legacy: The Ranch Department
  • Making memories at the Philmont Training Center
  • Behind the scenes: Administration
  • Roving Outdoor Conservation ROCS
  • The spice of life: Cooking with variety in the backcountry
  • Learning proper gun safety at Harlan
  • Philmont staffer to serve aboard Nautilus exploration vessel
July 30, 2015 Issue 9 Download
7July 24
  • The flood of ‘15: Philmont comes together
  • Living the motto of the Boy Scouts: Be prepared
  • Dream team at Dean Cow
  • Why all this rain?
  • Making history at Metcalf Station
  • Rising to challenges at Dan Beard
  • Richly Blessed
July 24, 2015 Issue 7 Download
6July 17
  • Unit 41 to base: Gene Schnell
  • B93rd Annual Maverick Club Rodeo
  • Stomping around at Cyphers Mine
  • The high-powered rifles of Sawmill
  • Keeping Philmont fed: The Commissary
  • Looking back at Philmont: 50 years
  • Chaplain’s Corner
July 17, 2015 Issue 6 Download
5July 10
  • Internal frames versus external frames
  • Professional development at Philmont
  • Leave no trace master educators
  • STEM
  • Keeping Scouts prepared: Logistics
  • Chaplain’s Corner
July 10, 2015 Issue 5 Download
4July 3
  • Trekking back through the years
  • Making it to Baldy Town
  • The inspiring team of the South Ponil Log Dogs
  • A lifetime of experience: Nancy Klein
  • If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined: French Henry
  • Rendezvous at Miranda
  • Chaplain’s Corner
July 3, 2015 Issue 4 Download
3June 26
  • Ronnie’s Bed and Breakfast
  • 100 years of cheerful service
  • Becoming a family at Abreu
  • OATC 20th Anniversary
  • Climbing over challenges at Crater Lake
  • Refugee troop to visit Philmont Scout Ranch
  • Saving lives at Carson Meadows
June 26, 2015 Issue 3 Download
2June 19
  • Cimarroncita: a diamond in the rough
  • Robert Gates visits the PTC
  • The hardy constitution of the Conservation Department
  • Bears of the Southwest – A gait through history
  • Disc Golf in Base Camp
  • The unsung heroes of the ranch: the Maintenance Department
  • Arriving Crews
June 19, 2015 Issue 2 Download
1June 12
  • The passing of the guard
  • Learning how to C.O.P.E.
  • Just the bear facts
  • Out of Eden and into God’s Country
  • New at the Tooth of Time Traders
  • Ten essentials: rain gear
  • New restrooms come to PTC
June 12, 2015 Issue 1 Download
0May 29
  • Lifetime memories
  • Our great occasion
  • Filling up buckets
  • Walking with intention
  • A group that cares
  • An amazing summer
  • Welcome HOmE Philmont staff
May 29, 2006 Banquet Issue Download
Raton Press

 

2015 PhilNews Team

 

NPS Manager Bryan Hayek

 

Assistant NPS Manager/Photography Manager Cassidy Johnson

 

Editor-in-Chief Patrick McNeill

 

PhilNews Writers Kate Johnson Caleb Wong Marie Reynolds

 

Photographers Erin Irwin Doyle Maurer Josh Galemore Tyler Sanders Sean McElligott Justin Gilliland Leanora Benkato

 

Photo Lab Lead Jaime López

 

Photo Lab Techs Neal Simmons David Kellogg

 

Lead Marketing Specialist Dominic Baima

 

Marketing Media Staff Taylor Hill Marcos Palacios

 

Lead Videographer Kreable Young

 

Videographer Mitchell Thomas

 

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