NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (March 23, 2024) Workers from the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Public Works Department (PWD) Great Lakes Environmental Division install an osprey nesting platform on a utility pole at Naval Station Great Lakes. Ill., March 23, 2024. The Environmental Division partnered with Max Reger, a scout with the Lake Forest Boy Scouts of America Troop 46, to install a nesting platform for the state-threatened Osprey, build nesting shelters for the state-endangered common tern, and complete a beach clean-up as part of Reger's Eagle Scout service project. The NAVFAC PWD Great Lakes High Voltage Shop provided and installed a utility pole, attached the platform to the pole, and educated the scouts on the construction process. These projects help Naval Station Great Lakes to conserve, restore, and protect essential nesting and stopover habitat for a diversity of migratory bird species. Letters of Appreciation signed by the Installation Commanding Officer were presented to the scouts by the Installation Environmental Program Director during the volunteer event. (U.S. Navy photo by Taylor Bozman)