 Wood Badge was introduced to America by Baden @-@ Powell and the first course was held in 1936 at the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation , the Boy Scouts of America national training center until 1979 . Despite this early first course , Wood Badge was not formally adopted in the United States until 1948 under the guidance of Bill Hillcourt who became national Deputy Camp Chief of the United States . Today the national training center of the Boy Scouts of America is the Philmont Training Center , which hosts a few camps each year . Nearly all Wood Badge courses are held throughout the country at local council camps under the auspices of each BSA region . 
