All awards
National Outdoor Achievement Award (Conservation)
Scouts BSA
2010 requirements, effective August 1, 2010
Requirements
A Scout, Sea Scout, or Venturer may earn the National Outdoor badge for Conservation upon successfully completing the following requirements:
1.
Earn the Scouts BSA First Class rank or Sea Scout Apprentice rank, or complete Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6.
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
First Class
(b)
Apprentice
(c)
Venturing Ranger Award requirements 1 through 6
2.
Demonstrate the safe use of five of the following conservation tools: pick or pickax; shovel or spade; ax; bow saw; crosscut saw; pry bar; sledgehammer; loppers or shears; fire rake or McLeod; and/or Pulaski. Discuss the ethical use of the tools you chose.
3a.
Environmental Science merit badge or Sustainability merit badge or both Venturing Ranger Conservation core and Ecology elective
Complete 1 of the following
(i)
Environmental Science
(ii)
Sustainability
(iii)
Venturing Ranger Conservation core and Ecology elective
(a)
Venturing Ranger Conservation core
(b)
Venturing Ranger Ecology Elective
3b.
Soil and Water Conservation merit badge
3c.
One of the following merit badges: Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, or Mammals
Complete 1 of the following
(i)
Fish and Wildlife Management
(ii)
Forestry
(iii)
Mammals
4.
Complete 25 hours of conservation work under the auspices and standards of the Boy Scouts of America, including hours worked as part of requirements 1 through 3.
A gold device may be earned for each additional 25 hours of conservation work. A silver device is earned for each additional 100 hours of conservation work (for example, the first silver device is earned at 125 total hours of conservation work). Youth may wear any combination of devices totaling his or her current number of hours of conservation work.