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The Western Massachusetts Council was created on June 28, 2008, with the merger of Great Trails Council and Pioneer Valley Council. It is the largest BSA council in Massachusetts by geography, and serves Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties and the town of Stamford, Vermont.

The council operates service centers in Westfield and Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and year-round camping facilities at Horace A. Moses Scout Reservation in Russell. It formerly operated Chesterfield Scout Reservation in Chesterfield.

History
The council was created in 2008 with the merger of Great Trails Council and Pioneer Valley Council.

Organization
The council is divided into the following districts:
 * Appalachian Trail District - serving all the communities of Berkshire County, as well as Cummington, Worthington, Middlefield, Blandford, Chester, Huntington, Montgomery, Russell, and Stamford, VT.
 * General Knox District - serving Tolland, Granville, Southwick, Westfield, Agawam, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Wilbraham, Hampden, Palmer, Monson, Brimfield, Wales, Holland, Springfield, West Springfield, and Chicopee.
 * Metacomet District - serving all the communities of Hampshire County and Franklin County, as well as Holyoke.

Camps
The Horace A. Moses Scout Reservation is located on more than 1,200 acres of land surrounding Russell Pond (also known as Hazard Pond) in the south quarter section of Russell, MA.

The property was originally the summer estate of noted industrialist and philanthropist Horace A. Moses and is available for year-round use by both scouting and non-scouting groups.

Summer camp operations were briefly suspended in 2011 due to council financial hardships, but returned to full operation by June, 2012.

New additions to the property include an ATV program and a 68-foot climbing tower, believed to be the tallest in the country.

Order of the Arrow
The Pocumtuc Lodge serves nearly 300 arrowmen in the council. It was formed in 2009 by the merger of Allogagan Lodge and Memsochet Lodge, shortly following the merger of the Pioneer Valley Council and Great Trails Council.