Bear

Bear Elective 15 – Water and Soil Conservation

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  • #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

Bear Achievement 6 – Take Care of Your Planet

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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

 

 

Bear Achievement 20 – Sawdust & Nails

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B. Build your own toolbox

Bear Achievement 5 – Sharing Your World with Wildlife

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B – Build or make a bird feeder or birdhouse and hang it in a place where birds can visit safely.

 

D – Visit one of the following: Zoo, Nature Center, Wildlife Refuge, Game Preserve

Bear Achievement 3 – What Makes America Special

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C – Find out something about the old homes near where you live. Go and see two of them. 

D – Find out where places of historical interest are located in or near your town or city. Go and visit one of them with your family or den.

  •  Liberty State Park 
    • (212) 363-3200
    • (GPS) 1 Audrey Zapp Drive, Jersey City
    • Ellis Island Immigration Museum Free (museum); $ (for ferry to the island)
    • The Statue of Liberty Free (for pedestal access); $ (for ferry to the island)
  • Four Centuries in a Weekend Event (Union County); early autumn  Free (for 25+ sites)
  • Cannonball House $ (for ages 13+)
  • Morristown National Historical Park   $ (for ages 16+)
    • www.nps.gov/morr/index.htm
    • Washington Headquarters & Museum,
      • 30 Washington Place, Morristown
      • (973) 539- 2016
    • Jockey Hollow Visitor Center
      • (GPS) 600 Tempe Wick Road, Morristown
      • (973) 543-4030