Soil and Water Conservation
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1952 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 106 | |
Requirements revision: | 2005 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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Soil and Water Conservation is one of the elective merit badges for the World Conservation Award for Boy Scouts, and one of the elective merit badges for the William T. Hornaday awards for Boy Scouts.
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- This badge is one of the merit badges required to earn the World Conservation Award.
- This badge is one of the merit badges required to earn one of the William T. Hornaday Awards.
Requirement resources
- 1a: What's the Difference Between Soil and Dirt?
- 2: The Soil Erosion Site
- 3: National Conservation Practice Standards
- 4: What is a Watershed? From the Watershed Atlas.
- 5a: The Hydrologic/Water Cycle From the University of North Dakota's Earthscape Project.
- 5b: Capillary Action
- 5b: Soil Percolation
- 6: Water Pollution FAQs
- 6c: Water Quality Monitor: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- 6c/d: Wastewater Treatment Principles and Regulations
- 7d: How to Use a Soil Survey From the USDA's Natural Resources Conversation Service.
Related awards
- Ecology Awards
Ecology-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Conservation Idea Sheet - Wilderness Use Policy of the Boy Scouts of America
- PlantTalk Colorado™ – from Colorado State University; provides reliable, timely information on more than 400 horticultural topics.