Chesney strives to complete Hornaday award

FALLBROOK — Brandon Chesney of Boy Scout Troop 700 is completing the prestigious Hornaday Award. This conservation award program was initiated in 1914 by Dr. William T. Hornaday, then director of the New York Zoological Park, in an effort to inspire Boy Scouts to work constructively for conservation. Dr. Hornaday is generally credited with saving the American Bison and other wildlife species from extinction.

The highest possible award in this program is the silver medal, which Brandon is trying to reach. Only one boy in 52 years has attained this achievement. In order to accomplish this honor,...