Wilderness Survival Skills

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MeritBadge.Org offers resource and video links for First Aid, Swimming,
Outdoor Skills, Backpacking, Cooking, Navigation, Cycling, and Wilderness Survival Skills. Troop Program Features let you make Wilderness Survival Skills a part of your troop program.

Contents Survival Skills Survival Kit Survival Shelter Survival Signaling

Resources

While the Boy Scout Handbook is your primary resource, the links below can help you learn Wilderness Survival Skills. See the Disclaimers.

• Make TPF-Wilderness Survival a part of your Troop Program.
  
• Related Merit Badges: Backpacking - Camping - Cooking - First Aid - Hiking - Wilderness Survival.
• Skills Instruction and Videos: First Aid Skills - Swimming - Outdoor Skills - Wilderness Survival - Backpacking - Cooking - Navigation - Campfires - Clothing - Cycling Skills

►  This symbol notes many other lesson videos.

Survival Skills

See: Wilderness Survival Merit badge. Make Wilderness Survival A Part of Your Troop Program.
►  Survival Lesson Videos: Wilderness Survival Tips - Assessing the Surroundings - Identifying Plants & Food - Patience & Making Decisions - Using Personal Possessions - Desert - Using Pinecones

Survival Kit

Shortcut: Survival Kit

►  Video: Survival Kit - Video: Survival Kit -

Survival Shelter

Shortcut: Survival Shelter

►  Video: Build a Shelter - Video: Using Straw Grass - Video: Finding Shelter - Video: Lean-To Shelters

Survival Signaling

Shortcut: Survival Signaling

►  Video: Signaling

See also

• Make Wilderness Survival A Part of Your Troop Program.
• Backpacking Merit Badge Pamphlet
• Skills Instruction and Videos: First Aid Skills - Swimming - Outdoor Skills - Wilderness Survival - Backpacking - Cooking - Navigation - Campfires - Clothing - Cycling Skills

Related awards

Outdoor Skills Awards

Outdoor-related awards

• Boy Scout ranks: Tenderfoot - Second Class - First Class
• Boy Scout awards: Firem'n Chit - Totin' Chip - Paul Bunyan Woodsman
• Boy Scout Merit Badges: Astronomy - Backpacking - Camping - Canoeing - Climbing - Cooking - Cycling - Fire Safety - Hiking - Orienteering - Pioneering - Rowing - Weather - Water Sports - Whitewater - Wilderness Survival
• Venturing: Outdoor Bronze Award; Ranger Award electives: Backpacking
• Webelos Activity Badges: Forester - Naturalist - Outdoorsman
• Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Astronomy - Map and Compass - Weather

Disclaimers

Disclaimer: This information is not intended as a substitute for professional advice, or formal training. Please note that the only materials recommended by the Boy Scouts of America are those found or listed in official BSA materials such as the current Boy Scout Handbook. Wilderness Survival Skills recommendations are constantly being revised. Neither MeritBadge.Org, nor its contributors make any recommendations. See the Guide to Safe Scouting.

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