Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation

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Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop and Pin

Wildlife Conservation Academics Belt Loop Wildlife Conservation Academics Pin (line drawing, actual pins are color)

The Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop is an option for the Webelos Naturalist activity badge.

The Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop and Pin help prepare Scouts for the Boy Scout Environmental Science, Nature, Fish and Wildlife Management, and Mammal Study Merit Badges.

The Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation belt loop and pin are a part of the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program. Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts may earn this award in a Family, Den, Pack, school, or community setting. Tiger Cubs must be always accompanied by their Adult partner.

Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation requirements

Belt Loop Requirements Complete these three requirements: Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them. Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged. Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your den that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it. Academics Pin Requirements Earn the Wildlife Conservation belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements: Visit a wildlife sanctuary, nature center, or fish hatchery. Collect and read five newspaper or magazine articles that discuss conservation of wildlife and report to your family or den what you learn. Learn about five animals that use camouflage to protect themselves. Make a birdbath and keep a record for one week of the different birds that visit it. Make a collage of animals that are in the same class: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals. Make a plaster cast of an animal track. Show it to your den. Visit with a person who works in wildlife conservation, such as a park ranger, biologist, range manager, geologist, horticulturist, zookeeper, fishery technician, or conservation officer. Visit a state park or national park. Participate in an environmental service project that helps maintain habitat for wildlife, such as cleaning up an area or planting trees. The official source for the information shown in this article or section is: Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program Guide, 2003 Edition (BSA Supply No. 34299) The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator. Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.

Notes

1. Details on earning a Cub Scout Sports or Academic pin or belt loop multiple times

1. Earning the Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 13 of the Webelos Naturalist Activity Badge.

Requirement resources

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Related awards

Tiger Cub Scout

• 5G. Hike at a nature center state or national park for Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Pin #1 or #8.

Tiger Cub Electives

• 31. Learn about an endangered animal for Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop #3.

Wolf Cub Scout

• 7b. Protecting natural resources - see Cub Scout Wildlife COnservation Loop requirement #1.
• 7d. Service project - Clean up litter - see Cub Scout Wildlife COnservation Pin requirement #9.

Wolf Electives

• Elective 12f. could be met while completing Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement 2

Bear Cub Scout

• 5c. Explain what a wildlife conservation officer does. - See Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #7
• 5d. Visit one of the following... - See Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #1
• 5e. Endangered species - See Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement #3
• 6g. Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project. - See Wildlife Conservation Pin requirement #9

Webelos Scout

• Naturalist Activity Badge requirement 13. (earn the Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)

Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program

• Cub Scout Science Pin requirement 8 could be combined with Cub Scout Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop requirement 3

See also

Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program (Belt Loops and Pins)   (Worksheets)

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Cub Scout Leader portal

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External links

• Izaak Walton League of America
• Nat. Fish and Wildlife Foundation
• Nat. Geographic Society
• National Park Service
• Nat. Wildlife Federation
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service