[4] It is now the fifth largest block of undeveloped land in the traditional Baltimore metropolitan area (after Aberdeen/Edgewater, Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, and parts of Gunpowder and Patapsco State Parks).

[5] The reservation's centerpiece, Lake Straus, was formed in 1948 as 55 acres (0.22 km2) when Susquehanna River tributary Broad Creek was dammed.

In 2005 area volunteers worked with state officials to study and reduce the destruction caused by an invasive species, the hemlock woolly adelgid.

Trees closer to streams and wetlands have received trunk imidacloprid injections from Maryland Department of Agriculture staff.

On June 20, 2012 Governor Martin O'Malley signed a land patent granting the acreage to the Baltimore Area Council.

Some campsites have lodges equipped with a full kitchen that includes a stove, hot water, refrigerator, bunks, and electricity and can support 24 to 40 people.

[20] [21] While the Nentico Pavilion dining hall serves cafeteria style meals, Camp Saffran in summer also offers groups the option to prepare food from their own supplies at a reduced fee.

Programs include: aquanaut, archery, BB gun, a closing party with a songfest, gaga ball, geology, nature, an opening campfire, paddling, a pool luau, rowing, Scoutcraft, slingshots, a s’mores fire, a staff hunt, a life skills (STEAM) discovery program, swimming, team building, water games, and wildlife.

[28] The reservation has also hosted non-boy Scout groups including schools, governments, community, church groups and other non-profit organizations including Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, the Cal Ripken Foundation, Quantico Orienteering Club events,[29]: 42  Royal Rangers events, the NAACP youth program, search and rescue training groups including a K-9 facility in Camp Finney, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Harford County High School programs.

"[3] In July 1997 the camp hosted the United States Army Research Laboratory Extended Use of Night Vision Goggles: An Evaluation of Comfort for Monocular and Biocular Configurations.

Camp Finney hosts the Harford County Sheriff's Office Rifle Range and K-9 training course facilities[31] and, every four years since 2005, the Council's big annual orienteering day.