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Revision as of 19:52, February 10, 2014

![]() | This is the Nature merit badge for Boy Scouts. |
Nature merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1952 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 078 | |
Requirements revision: | 2014 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2014 |
Contents |
“ | There is a very close connection between the soil, the plants, and all animal life, including people. Understanding this connection, and the impact we have upon it, is important to preserving the wilderness, as well as to our own well-being as members of the web of nature. | ” |
Nature is one of the elective merit badges for the William T. Hornaday awards for Boy Scouts.
Nature merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
View the change list (history) of these requirements. The text of these requirements may be locked. In that case, they can only be edited by an administrator. Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page. |
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- The BSA Nature Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Nature as one of your monthly themes.
- Nature is a popular summer camp merit badge.
Requirement resources
- The Troop Nature Monthly Theme includes meeting and activity materials.
- 1,2: Plants and Animals - Plants and Our Environment - USDA Threatened Plants - TPWD Endangered and Threatened Species
- 3: Geography4Kids Land Food chain - Kidport Reference Library Food chain - Biomes First Water Food chain - Freshwater Food chain
- 4: Kidport Reference Library Animal Kingdom - Globio Glossopedia Mammals - USGS Education Resources for Grades 7-12
- 4a(1) Birds: Audubon Birds - What Bird?-All About Birds (Cornell University - Birding-TX Bird Activity Bird
- 4a(2) Bird Houses&Feeders: Crafty Birds-How to Build a Bird Feeder -My Backyard Plans-Feeding Station 1
- 4b Mammals: How to Cast Animal Tracks - How to Cast Animal Tracks (pdf) - Animal Tracks ID Guide
- 4c Reptiles or Amphibians: Frog/Toad Advertisement Calls - Frog Songs - TX Herps - TX Turtles - Frog Eggs - Amphibian ID Guides
- 4d Insects or Spiders: Insects from Globio - Specimen Collecting - USDA Collecting - USDA Collecting pdf
- 4e Fish:Freshwater ID - Marine Fish ID - USA EPA Fish ID
- 4f Mollusks and Crustaceans:Freshwater Mollusk - World Mollusk ID Guide - Marine Mollusk ID Guide - Discover Life Crustaceans - Marine Crustaceans ID - Freshwater Crustaceans ID pdf - How to Mount Seashells - Seashell ID Guide
- 4g Plants: Plant Collecting - collection.html Leaf Collection Basics - Press Hints.pdf Leaf Presses pdf - Collecting and Preserving pdf - Collecting Tree Leaves pdf
- 4h Soils and Rocks:NCRA Soil profile - Soil Concepts pdf - Soil Classification - USGS Rock Collecting - USA Geologic Map from National Atlas (use to find out the type of rocks in your area)
Related awards
- Requirement 4g is nearly identical to Requirement 1 from the Forestry merit badge.
- Requirements 4a, b, c, d, e, & f can count toward Requirement 6a from the Fish and Wildlife Management merit badge and can be completed by doing Second Class Requirement 6.
- Requirement 4g(1) is partially fulfilled by completing Tenderfoot Requirement 11 and First Class Requirement 6.
Ecology-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
American Birding Association - American Bird Conservancy - Audubon Society