Wildlife Conservation


Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts may complete requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment. Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners. Parents and partners do not earn loops or pins.

Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:
______ 1.  Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.
______ 2.  Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your den what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.
______ 3.  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
Earn the Wildlife Conservation belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
______  1.  Visit a wildlife sanctuary, nature center, or fish hatchery.
______  2.  Collect and read five newspaper or magazine articles that discuss conservation of wildlife and report to your family or den what you learn.
______  3.  Learn about five animals that use camouflage to protect themselves.
______  4.  Make a birdbath and keep a record for one week of the different birds that visit it.
______  5.  Make a collage of animals that are in the same class: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals.
______  6.  Make a plaster cast of an animal track. Show it to your den.
______  7.  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.
______  8.  Visit a state park or national park.
______  9.  Participate in an environmental service project that helps maintain habitat for wildlife, such as cleaning up an area or planting trees.
 
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