Forestry
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- | + | |name= Forestry | |
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- | + | |created= 1911 | |
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+ | The [[Troop Program Features#Foresty |Troop Foresty Monthly Theme]] includes meeting and activity materials.<br> | ||
+ | '''1.''' [http://wiki.urbanedibles.org/images/e/ec/Leaf_identification_key.png Leaf Identification Key] | ||
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+ | *[http://www.afandpa.org/ American Forest & Paper Association: Forest Products Resources] | ||
+ | *[http://www.plantit2020.org/ Plant-It 2020] | ||
+ | *[http://www.omsi.edu/visit/life/forestpuzzles/ Forest Puzzles] | ||
+ | *[http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forsite/key/intro.htm Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees] | ||
+ | *[http://www.esd.ornl.gov/iab/iab5-4.htm Environmental Effects of Whole-Tree Timber Harvesting] | ||
+ | *[http://www.tappi.org/paperu/welcome.htm TAPPI Paper University] | ||
+ | *[http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/Forestry/ WWW Virtual Library: Forestry] | ||
+ | *3b: [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm Locate Your Watershed] Enter your zip code to find your watershed. From the EPA. | ||
+ | *4: [http://www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/ Forest Management] USDA Forest Service site | ||
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Revision as of 11:11, March 8, 2013

![]() | This is the Forestry merit badge for Boy Scouts. |
![]() | Forestry requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #5. |
Forestry merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1911 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 054 | |
Requirements revision: | 2006 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
Contents |
“ | In working through the Forestry merit badge requirements, Scouts will explore the remarkable complexity of a forest and identify many species of trees and plants and the roles they play in a forest's life cycle.They will also discover some of the resources forests provide to humans and come to understand that people have a very large part to play in sustaining the health of forests. | ” |
Forestry is one of the elective merit badges for the William T. Hornaday awards for Boy Scouts.
The Forestry merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
Forestry merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
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Notes
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- Requirement 1 is identical to requirement 4g of the Nature merit badge.
- The BSA Forestry Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Forestry as one of your monthly themes.
- Forestry is a popular summer camp merit badge.
Requirement resources
The Troop Foresty Monthly Theme includes meeting and activity materials.
1. Leaf Identification Key
Related awards
Ecology-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- American Forest & Paper Association: Forest Products Resources
- Plant-It 2020
- Forest Puzzles
- Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
- Environmental Effects of Whole-Tree Timber Harvesting
- TAPPI Paper University
- WWW Virtual Library: Forestry
- 3b: Locate Your Watershed Enter your zip code to find your watershed. From the EPA.
- 4: Forest Management USDA Forest Service site