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Conservation Awards

Conservation Awards. World Conservation Award Leave No Trace William T. Hornaday Award. World Conservation Awards. Cub Scout Boy Scout & Varsity Scout Venturing & Sea Scout. World Conservation Awards. Created in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund

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Conservation Awards

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  1. Conservation Awards World Conservation AwardLeave No TraceWilliam T. Hornaday Award

  2. World Conservation Awards • Cub Scout • Boy Scout & Varsity Scout • Venturing & Sea Scout

  3. World Conservation Awards • Created in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund “Think Globally" and “Act Locally" to preserve and improve our environment.

  4. Cub Scout • Only earned once (Bear, Wolf, Webelos) • Badges, arrow point, elective or achievement.

  5. Boy Scout/Varsity Scout • Three merit badges • Environmental Science • Soil & Water Conservation or Fish and Wildlife Management • Citizenship in the World

  6. Venturing/Sea Scout • Complete Ecology Elective for the Ranger award

  7. Award • TEMPORARY patch • Right shirt pocket

  8. Leave No Trace

  9. LNT Award • WASLeave No Trace Awareness Award • ISLeave No Trace Achievement Award • Temporary patch – Right Pocket

  10. Back & Front Country • Backcountry = wilderness(Philmont) • Frontcountry = day use/easy access(Boy Scout Camps)

  11. Cub Scout • Frontcountry award

  12. Boy Scout & Venturer Varsity & Sea Scout • Backcountry award

  13. Leave No Trace • LNT.org

  14. LNT = Training Partner MASTER EDUCATOR WeekEnd TRAINER 2-Days AWARENESS >24 Hours

  15. Conservation Good Turn • Unit conservation project

  16. William T. Hornaday Award Olympic Medal Bestowed by Earth

  17. Hornaday Awards COUNCIL AWARDS • Certificate for a conservation project by a pack, troop, team, or crew. • Hornaday badge to individual Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers. • Hornaday gold badge to adult Scouters for significant leadership to conservation at a council or district level.

  18. Hornaday Awards NATIONAL AWARDS: • Scouts and Venturers may apply for the bronze and silver medals. • Adult Scouters may be nominated for the gold medal. • Organizations unaffiliated with Scouting may be nominated for the gold certificate.

  19. Hornaday Projects • Badge = 1 project • Bronze Medal = 3 projects • Silver Medal = 4 projects

  20. Hornaday Projects • Projects must be “significant” • Equal to or more extensive than…and Eagle or Quartermaster project

  21. Project Catagories • Energy conservation • Soil and water conservation • Fish and wildlife management • Forestry and range management • Air and water pollution control • Resource recovery (recycling) • Hazardous material disposal and management • Invasive species control

  22. Hornaday Projects • One project can count for Eagle or Quartermaster • One project can be on Boy Scout property

  23. Boy Scout MB’s Required Badges: • Energy • Environmental Science • Fish and Wildlife Management • Forestry • Public Health • Soil and Water Conservation

  24. Boy Scout MBs Optional Badges • Bird Study • Fishing • Fly-Fishing • Gardening • Plant Science • Pulp and Paper • Reptile and Amphibian Study • Weather • Geology • Insect Study • Landscape Architecture • Mammal Study • Nature • Nuclear Science • Oceanography

  25. Venturer & Sea Scout • Complete the Ranger Award Ecology Elective • “More involved” Projects

  26. Hornaday Opportunties • Hornaday Weekend in DC • Specialty Summer Camp Programs • 2 Philmont Treks

  27. Prestigious! • 51,000 Eagle Scouts a year • 3.8 Bronze Hornaday Awards/year • 2.4 Silver Hornaday Awards/year

  28. THANK YOU!

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