Effective Jan. 1, 1973, the New Section Operation consolidated the Twelve Regions into Six. The new regions were divided into areas and subdivided into sections. It was at the new sectional level that lodges participated in annual conclaves.

Baltimore Area and Del-Mar-Va councils from Area 3-A; Area 3-C; Mason-Dixon Council from Area 3-E; Potomac Council from Area 3-F; most of Kentucky (not including Dan Beard, Scioto Area, and Tri-State Area councils) and Four Rivers Council from Region 4; Region 5 (not including Arkansas and Louisiana); and Region 6 were combined to form the new Southeast Region.

• All eight lodges from Area 3-C were transferred to Section SE-1. Nentico 12 and Nentico 12 from 3-A, Guneukitschik 317 from 3-E, and Ahtuhquog 540 from 3-F were also included, for a total of twelve lodges:
  
  

  Area 3-C		SE-1
  Nawakwa 3 (to SE-1) Tutelo 161 (to SE-1) Shenandoah 258 (to SE-1) Shenshawpotoo 276 (to SE-1) Blue Heron 349 (to SE-1) Kecoughtan 463 (to SE-1) Amangamek-Wipit 470 (to SE-1) Chanco 483 (to SE-1)		Nentico 12 (from 3-A) Nentego 20 (from 3-A) Nawakwa 3 (from 3-C) Tutelo 161 (from 3-C) Shenandoah 258 (from 3-C) Shenshawpotoo 276 (from 3-C) Blue Heron 349 (from 3-C) Kecoughtan 463 (from 3-C) Amangamek-Wipit 470 (from 3-C) Chanco 483 (from 3-C) Guneukitschik 317 (from 3-E) Ahtuhquog 540 (from 3-F)

  
  
  
  
• Sections SE-6A and SE-6B, although initially created as two separate sections, always met as Section SE-6, as SE-6B only consisted of Chiriqui 391 (Canal Zone Council).

1973 Southeast Region Section Operation

SE-1 Nawakwa Lodge #3 Robert E. Lee Council #602 Richmond VA Tutelo Lodge #161 Blue Ridge Mountains Council #599 Roanoke VA Shenandoah Lodge #258 Stonewall Jackson Area Council #763 Waynesboro VA Shenshawpotoo Lodge #276 Shenandoah Area Council #598 Winchester VA Blue Heron Lodge #349 Tidewater Council #596 Virginia Beach VA Kecoughtan Lodge #463 Peninsula Council #595 Newport News VA Chanco Lodge #483 Old Dominion Area Council #601 Suffolk VA Nentico Lodge #12 Baltimore Area Council #220 Baltimore MD Guneukitschik Lodge #317 Mason-Dixon Council #221 Hagerstown MD Amangamek Wipit Lodge #470 National Capital Area Council #82 Bethesda MD Ahtuhquog Lodge #540 Potomac Council #757 Cumberland MD Nentego Lodge #20 Del-Mar-Va Council #81 Wilmington DE SE-2A Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge #111 Middle Tennessee Council #560 Nashville TN Sequoyah Lodge #184 Sequoyah Council #713 Johnson City TN Pellissippi Lodge #230 Great Smoky Mountain Council #557 Knoxville TN Ittawamba Lodge #235 West Tennessee Area Council #559 Jackson TN Talidandaganu' Lodge #293 Cherokee Area Council #556 Chattanooga TN Chickasah Lodge #406 Chickasaw Council #558 Memphis TN SE-2B Zit-Kala-Sha Lodge #123 Old Kentucky Home Council #205 Louisville KY Tomahaken Lodge #241 Lonesome Pine Council #203 Pikeville KY Wapiti Lodge #367 Audubon Council #200 Owensboro KY Kawida Lodge #480 Blue Grass Council #204 Lexington KY White Feather Lodge #499 Four Rivers Council #207 Paducah KY SE-3A "Old North State" (met as Area 6-A in 1973) Tali Taktaki Lodge #70 General Greene Council #418 Greensboro NC Occoneechee Lodge #104 Occoneechee Council #421 Raleigh NC Croatan Lodge #117 East Carolina Council #426 Kinston NC Wahissa Lodge #118 Old Hickory Council #427 Winston-Salem NC Tsalagi Lodge #163 Cherokee Council #417 Burlington NC Uwharrie Lodge #208 Uwharrie Council #419 High Point NC Nayawin Rar Lodge #296 Tuscarora Council #424 Goldsboro NC Klahican Lodge #331 Cape Fear Area Council #425 Wilmington NC SE-3B "Dixie Fellowship" Santee Lodge #116 Pee Dee Area Council #552 Florence SC Atta Kulla Kulla Lodge #185 Blue Ridge Council #551 Greenville SC Muscogee Lodge #221 Central South Council #553 Columbia SC Unali'Yi Lodge #236 Coastal Carolina Council #550 Charleston SC Skyuka Lodge #270 Palmetto Area Council #549 Spartanburg SC Tsali Lodge #134 Daniel Boone Council #414 Asheville NC Itibapishe Iti Hollo Lodge #188 Central North Carolina Council #416 Albemarle NC Catawba Lodge #459 Mecklenburg County Council #415 Charlotte NC Eswau Huppeday Lodge #560 Piedmont Area Council #420 Gastonia NC SE-4A Cherokee Lodge #50 Birmingham Area Council #2 Birmingham AL Achunanchi Lodge #135 Choccolocco Council #1 Anniston AL Alibamu Lodge #179 Tukabatchee Area Council #5 Montgomery AL Cowikee Lodge #224 Alabama-Florida Council #3 Dothan AL Kaskanampo Lodge #310 Tennessee Valley Council #659 Hunstville AL Woa Cholena Lodge #322 Mobile Area Council #4 Mobile AL Aracoma Lodge #481 Black Warrior Council #5 Tuscaloosa AL SE-4B Watonala Lodge #169 Pushmataha Area Council #691 Columbus MS Ashwanchi Kinta Lodge #193 Choctaw Area Council #302 Meridian MS Chicksa Lodge #202 Yocona Area Council #748 Tupelo MS Sebooney Okasucca Lodge #260 Andrew Jackson Council #303 Jackson MS Koi Hatachie Lodge #345 Delta Area Council #300 Clarksdale MS Ti'ak Lodge #404 Pine Burr Area Council #304 Hattiesburg MS SE-5 Bob White Lodge #87 Georgia-Carolina Council #93 Augusta GA Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge #119 Coastal Empire Council #99 Savannah GA Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge #129 Atlanta Area Council #92 Atlanta GA Chattahoochee Lodge #204 Chattahoochee Council #91 Columbus GA Pilthlako Lodge #229 Okefenokee Area Council #758 Waycross GA Mowogo Lodge #243 Northeast Georgia Council #101 Athens GA Wehadkee Lodge #273 George H. Lanier Council #94 West Point GA Waguli Lodge #318 Northwest Georgia Council #100 Rome GA Ini-To Lodge #324 Flint River Council #95 Griffin GA Immokalee Lodge #353 Chehaw Council #97 Albany GA Echeconnee Lodge #358 Central Georgia Council #96 Macon GA Alapaha Lodge #545 Alapaha Area Council #98 Valdosta GA SE-6 Seminole Lodge #85 Gulf Ridge Council #86 Tampa FL Echockotee Lodge #200 North Florida Council #87 Jacksonville FL Aal-Pa-Tah Lodge #237 Gulf Stream Council #85 West Palm Beach FL Semialachee Lodge #239 Suwanee River Area Council #664 Tallahassee FL O-Shot-Caw Lodge #265 South Florida Council #84 Miami FL Tipisa Lodge #326 Central Florida Council #83 Orlando FL Timuquan Lodge #340 Pinellas Area Counci #89 Seminole FL Yustaga Lodge #385 Gulf Coast Council #773 Pensacola FL Eckale Yakanen Lodge #552 Sunny Land Council #724 Sarasota FL Osceola Lodge #564 Southwest Florida Council #88 Fort Myers FL Chiriqui Lodge #391 Canal Zone Council #801 Balboa CZ