Cub Scout World Conservation Award

According to the BSA website, the World Conservation Award “provides an opportunity for individual Cub Scouts . . . to ‘think globally’ and ’act locally’ to preserve and improve our environment”.

This award is earned only once while a Cub Scout. Below are the requirements for each rank.

• Wolf
  • Complete achievement #7 – Your Living World
  • Complete all Arrow Points in 2 of the following 3 Electives:
    • #13 – Birds
    • #15 – Grow Something
    • #19 – Fishing
  • Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
    • Earth Day: How to play in mud with friends & help the neighborhood!
    • Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood
• Bear
  • Complete achievement #5 – Sharing Your World with Wildlife
  • Complete all requirements in 2 of the following 3 electives:
    • #2 – Weather
    • #12 – Nature Crafts
    • #15 – Water and Soil Conservation
  • Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
    • Earth Day: How to play in mud with friends & help the neighborhood!
    • Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood
• Webelos
  • Earn the Forester activity badge.
  • Earn the Naturalist activity badge.
  • Earn the Outdoorsman activity badge.
  • Participate in a den or pack conservation project.
    • Earth Day: How to play in mud with friends & help the neighborhood!
    • Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood

Bear Elective 15 – Water and Soil Conservation

• #5  – As a den, visit a lake, stream, river, or ocean (whichever is nearest where you live). Plan and do a den project to help clean up this important source of water. Name four kinds of water pollution.  Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood

Outdoor Ethics Awards

Outdoor Ethics are one of the core principles in scouting and I believe it’s important to teach them to the boys. The BSA website has all the information you will need to help your cub scout earn both Outdoor Ethics awards (Outdoor Ethics Awareness & Outdoor Ethics Action). www.scouting.org/scoutsource/OutdoorProgram/OutdoorEthics/Awards/CubScout.aspx

 

For the Outdoor Ethics Action Award, here are some ideas you can use to satisfy this requirement:

• #5 – On a pack or den outing, participate in a service project that reduces impact from our use of the outdoors. Examples might be collecting litter, cleaning fire rings or grills, or other activities approved by the landowner or land manager.
  • Volunteer: Clean Up Your Neighborhood
  • Earth Day: How to play in mud with friends & help the neighborhood!

Webelos – Outdoorsman

Note: This achievement is required for the Arrow of Light.

• #4 – Visit a museum of natural history, nature center, or zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.  
  • National Wildlife Refuges in NJ
  • NJ Aquariums
  • NJ Natural History Museums
  • NJ Nature Centers
  • NJ Zoos
• #6 – Participate in an outdoor conservation project with your Webelos den or a Boy Scout troop.
  • Earth Day: How to play in mud with friends & help the neighborhood!
  • Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood

 

National Wildlife Refuges in NJ

• Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Cape May Court House, NJ
  • 24 Kimbles Beach Road, Cape May Court House
  • (609) 463-0994
  • www.fws.gov/refuge/cape_may
• Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Oceanville, NJ
  • 800 Great Creek Rd, Oceanville
  • (609) 652-1665
  • www.fws.gov/refuge/Edwin_B_Forsythe
• Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham & Harding Twp, NJ
  • www.greatswamp.org
  • www.friendsofgreatswamp.org
  • Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center
    • 247 Southern Blvd, Chatham
    • (973)635-6629
    • www.morrisparks.net/aspparks/gswampmain.asp
  • Helen C Fenske Visitor Center
    • 32 Pleasant Plains Rd, Harding Twp
    • (973) 425-1222
    • www.fws.gov/refuge/great_swamp
• Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
  • 197 Lighthouse Rd, Pennsville (609) 463-0994
  • www.fws.gov/refuge/supawna_meadows
• Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Sussex, NJ
  • 1547 County Road 565, Sussex
  • (973) 702-7266
  • www.fws.gov/refuge/Wallkill_River

Webelos – Citizen

Note: This achievement is required for the Webelos Badge and Arrow of Light.

• #3 – Describe the flag of the United States and give a short history of it. With another Webelos Scout helping you, show how to hoist and lower the flag, how to hang it horizontally and vertically on a wall, and how to fold it. Tell how to retire a worn or tattered flag properly. www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html
• #4 – Explain why you should respect your country’s flag. Tell some of the special days we fly it. Tell when to salute the flag and show how to do it.
  • Flag Ceremony –
    • Presentation of Colors (Indoor Flag Ceremony)
    • Retiring of Colors (Indoor Flag Ceremony)
    • Presentation of Colors (Outdoor Flag Ceremony)
    • Retiring of Colors (Outdoor Flag Ceremony)
  • Flag Etiquette – www.usflag.org/flagetiquette.html
• #8 – As a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Citizenship (if not already earned) or earn the pin. At a Webelos den meeting, talk about the service project Good Turn that you did. Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood

Citizenship Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

• Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.
• Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen.
• Participate in a family, den, or school service project. njcubscoutmom.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/volunteer-clean-up-your-neighborhood

Volunteer – Clean Up Your Neighborhood

Here are a few ideas for cleaning up your neighborhood.

• Beach Sweeps – Clean Ocean Action is an non-profit organization that helps clean up ocean pollution on the coastline of NJ. Each year, they hold Beach Sweeps where volunteers clean up and log each piece of litter (they collect this info for an annual report). These sweeps are open to anyone of any age. Religious organizations, businesses, scouts, schools, government agencies and civic groups all participate in the biannual sweeps. Although it’s called “Beach Sweep, it’s not just for the shore . . . sweeps can happen along rivers throughout the state.   Check out their website for more details. www.cleanoceanaction.org
• Earth Day is a great way to join in a global event and take care of the environment. Click this link for more details. njcubscoutmom.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/earth-day-how-to-play-in-mud-with-friends-help-the-neighborhood/
• National Park Service has several volunteer opportunities including an Adopt-a-Trail Program. If you go to Volunteer.gov portal and search the state of NJ, you will get a list of parks that have current opportunities. Click on the “More Info” button for the park near your town and you’ll see details about the job and how to contact the park ranger. Or you can search the National Park Service website:   www.nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm  Both websites will give you different opportunities.
• Neighborhood Clean Up – Coordinate with your Mayor or the Public Works department and clean up a park, waterway, or school in your neighborhood. Our mayor loved the opportunity to meet the scouts and he even pitched in and helped clean up for a little while. At a council meeting, he would praise the boys for their efforts by giving them an award to take home and display. The boys loved it. Once they even received a Key to the City.
• NJ Clean Communities is an organization that reduces the litter in the state through several different programs. These include Adopt-a-Beach, Adopt-a-Highway, Adopt-a-Station, Urban Cleanup, and Slam Dunk the Junk. For more information about these programs, go to their website. www.njclean.org

 

Note that this will satisfy any one of the following requirements:

• Wolf Achievement 7 – Your Living World (G)
• Bear Achievement 6 – Take Care of Your Planet (D)
• Bear Elective 15 – Water and Soil Conservation (#5)
• Webelos – Naturalist (#12)
• Webelos – Outdoorsman (#6)
• Citizenship Belt Loop (#3)
• Wildlife Conservation Pin (#8 and/or #9)
• Outdoor Ethics Action Award for Cub Scouts (#5)
• Cub Scout World Conservation Award (Wolf, Bear, Webelos)

 

Wolf Achievement 7 – Your Living World

D.  With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood.  Wear gloves to protect your hands against germs and cuts from sharp objects.

• Beach Sweeps – Clean Ocean Action is an non-profit organization that helps clean up ocean pollution on the coastline of NJ. Each year, they hold Beach Sweeps where volunteers clean up and log each piece of litter (they collect this info for an annual report). These sweeps are open to anyone of any age. Religious organizations, businesses, scouts, schools, government agencies and civic groups all participate in the biannual sweeps. Although it’s called “Beach Sweep, it’s not just for the shore . . . sweeps can happen along rivers throughout the state.   Check out their website for more details. www.cleanoceanaction.org
• Earth Day is a great way to join in a global event and take care of the environment. Click this link for more details.  njcubscoutmom.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/earth-day-how-to-play-in-mud-with-friends-help-the-neighborhood
• National Park Service has several volunteer opportunities including an Adopt-a-Trail Program. If you go to Volunteer.gov portal and search the state of NJ, you will get a list of parks that have current opportunities. Click on the “More Info” button for the park near your town and you’ll see details about the job and how to contact the park ranger. Or you can search the National Park Service website:   www.nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm Both websites will give you different opportunities.
• Neighborhood Clean Up – Coordinate with your Mayor or the Public Works department and clean up a park, waterway, or school in your neighborhood. Our mayor loved the opportunity to meet the scouts and he even pitched in and helped clean up for a little while. At a council meeting, he would praise the boys for their efforts by giving them an award to take home and display. The boys loved it. Once they even received a Key to the City.
• NJ Clean Communities is an organization that reduces the litter in the state through several different programs. These include Adopt-a-Beach, Adopt-a-Highway, Adopt-a-Station, Urban Cleanup, and Slam Dunk the Junk. For more information about these programs, go to their website. www.njclean.org

 

Bear Achievement 6 – Take Care of Your Planet

G – Take part in a den or pack neighborhood clean-up project

• Beach Sweeps – Clean Ocean Action is an non-profit organization that helps clean up ocean pollution on the coastline of NJ. Each year, they hold Beach Sweeps where volunteers clean up and log each piece of litter (they collect this info for an annual report). These sweeps are open to anyone of any age. Religious organizations, businesses, scouts, schools, government agencies and civic groups all participate in the biannual sweeps. Although it’s called “Beach Sweep, it’s not just for the shore . . . sweeps can happen along rivers throughout the state.   Check out their website for more details. www.cleanoceanaction.org
• Earth Day is a great way to join in a global event and take care of the environment. Click this link for more details. njcubscoutmom.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/earth-day-how-to-play-in-mud-with-friends-help-the-neighborhood
• National Park Service has several volunteer opportunities including an Adopt-a-Trail Program. If you go to Volunteer.gov portal and search the state of NJ, you will get a list of parks that have current opportunities. Click on the “More Info” button for the park near your town and you’ll see details about the job and how to contact the park ranger. Or you can search the National Park Service website: http://www.nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm  Both websites will give you different opportunities.
• Neighborhood Clean Up – Coordinate with your Mayor or the Public Works department and clean up a park, waterway, or school in your neighborhood. Our mayor loved the opportunity to meet the scouts and he even pitched in and helped clean up for a little while. At a council meeting, he would praise the boys for their efforts by giving them an award to take home and display. The boys loved it. Once they even received a Key to the City.
• NJ Clean Communities is an organization that reduces the litter in the state through several different programs. These include Adopt-a-Beach, Adopt-a-Highway, Adopt-a-Station, Urban Cleanup, and Slam Dunk the Junk. For more information about these programs, go to their website. www.njclean.org