Tukarica Lodge Home Page
Pay your Lodge dues online.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please make sure that your BSA registration and Youth Protection Training (YPT) is current before paying Lodge dues. In order to be a member of the Tukarica Lodge you must be a registered Youth Scout or Adult Scouter and compliant with YPT.
Click link to pay dues: Tukarica Lodge Registration and Dues
Lodge Executive Committee (LEC) Meeting
The next LEC meeting will be Thursday, May 22, 2025 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Please see Lodge Emails for the Zoom link.
All Lodge members are welcome to attend.
Address: Mountain West Council Office, 2nd Floor, 8901 W Franklin Road, Boise Idaho
Order the New Tuckarica Lodge Class B T-shirt in time for the 2025 Spring Induction Weekend!
Brotherhood Honor Member Shirts
Order Form: Order Brotherhood Member Class B T-Shirt
Vigil Honor Member Shirts
Order Form: Order Vigil Member Class B T-Shirt
OA Spring 2025 Induction Weekend
Registration: Order of the Arrow Spring Induction Weekend
- When: June 6 - 8, 2025
- Where: Camp Morrison, McCall, Idaho
Registration is now open for new Youth and Adult OA Candidates who were elected by their Unit peers. Please use the link above for all Ordeal Candidates, Brotherhood Candidates, Elangomats, and Lodge Members.
If you have any questions regarding the induction weekend, please contact Bruce Lezer, Council OA Advisor at bruce.lezer@scouting.org, call 208-376-4411 X112.
OA Fall 2025 Induction Weekend
Registration: Order of the Arrow Fall Induction Weekend
- When: September 12 - 14, 2025
- Where: Camp Morrison, McCall, Idaho
Registration is now open for new Youth and Adult OA Candidates who were elected by their Unit peers. Please use the link above for all Ordeal Candidates, Brotherhood Candidates, Elangomats, and Lodge Members.
If you have any questions regarding the induction weekend, please contact Bruce Lezer, Council OA Advisor at bruce.lezer@scouting.org, call 208-376-4411 X112.
Tukarica Lodge Communications
Tukarica Lodge regularly sends emails to our members and to unit leaders. Emails will come from:
- Tukarica Lodge, OA <no-reply-106@lodgemaster.oa-bsa.org>
- OA-Tukarica@chimeraco.net <oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net>
If you are not receiving our emails, please check your Spam, Junk, and/or Clutter Folders and please white list the above email addresses. Thank you.
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2025 Unit Elections Are Closed
Message From: Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor, email oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net
The 2025 Unit Elections are closed, and they were 100% successful. Thanks to all the units with eligible Scouts who invited us to their unit meeting to conduct their unit’s OA election. The Lodge Elections Committee is now ramping for the 2026 Unit Elections season.
All 2026 elections will be conducted at unit meetings from January 1, 2026, to March 31, 2026. This timeline allows units ample time to nominate and elect their youth and adult candidates, so candidates can prepare for callouts and inductions.
For more information regarding elections and/or eligibility qualifications, please review the 2-page 2026 Guide to Unit Elections (see Tukarica Lodge Links in the upper right corner).
In December and early January, units with eligible youth should download the Excel spreadsheet OA Nominee Election Form (see Tukarica Lodge Links in the upper right corner). Please complete the form and email it to Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor, at oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net. We will get back to you to schedule your election.
After reviewing the 2025 Guide to Unit Elections, should you still have questions, please contact Janet Johnson, Lodge Elections Advisor, at oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net.
Unit OA Representatives and OA Advisors Needed
A unit OA Representative (youth) and OA Advisor (adult) are leadership positions and are valuable resources to your unit. Going forward, Tukarica Lodge 266 wants to better utilize our network of OA reps and advisors who can keep units apprised of OA elections and events, and serve as a resource to leaders and members of the unit.
If your unit does not have an OA Representative and OA Advisor, we encourage you to appoint them. There are position patches your OA Rep and Advisor can wear on their uniforms and they should wear their OA sash to meetings so members know they are a resource to them. They will regularly need time during unit PLCs, Committee Meetings, and meeting announcements to present OA information. They are welcome to attend our monthly Tukarica Lodge Executive Council (LEC) meetings, and we can invite them to our Discord server.
Unit Leaders: Please email the name and email contact to Janet Johnson, Lodge Communications Advisor, at oa-tukarica@chimeraco.net
Tukarica Lodge Membership Transfer Form
The Tukarica Lodge welcomes Arrowmen from other areas as they move into our area. In order to complete your transfer, you must first regster with the BSA. You can do this online or at the Council office by completing a new scouter application.
Once you have registerd, you may then complete this form and send it to mountainwestcouncil@scouting.org to become a member. WWW
Tukarica Lodge Year Around Camper Award
To earn this award a Scout must camp out a minimum of 7, 9 or 11 + months out of the last twelve months. Scout camping as required for these awards is an outdoor campout in a tent, or the open sky.
Patches can be purchased at the Council Office. The Red, White and Sliver Border patches are $3 each, and the Gold Border Adutl Leeader patch is $5 each. Click on the link below to download the application.
Download: Tukarica Lodge Year Around Camper Award Form
About the Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow is Boy Scout's National Honor Society, with a membership of more than 176,000 scouts and scouters. The OA is run by elected youth leaders assisted by adult advisers. Its purpose is to recognize those youth and adult campers who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives; to develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit; to promote Scout camping; and to crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service to others.
Tukarica Lodge 266 is chartered through the Mountain West Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The totem of the Lodge is the cougar and the name tukarica comes from the Shoshoni, literally meaning sheep-eater (cougar).
The Lodge and its members contribute thousands of work hours each year to the Council and its various communities through individual and group service projects.
National Order of the Arrow Website and Resources