Have your Cub Scouts Earned a World Conservation Award?
Earning the Cub Scout World Conservation Award helps boys and girls understand more about the planet we live on and how we all can do our part to take care of it.
Below you’ll find information about this award. This award can only be earned once while a Wolf and Bear Cub Scout and can again earned as a Webelos Scout. For Scouts that are Lion and Tiger Cub Scouts, I encourage unit leaders to purchase a conservation-themed patch either online or at the local BSA Store.
The World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual Scouts to “think globally” and “act locally” to preserve and improve our environment. This program is designed to make youth members aware that all nations are consciously working closely to preserve our natural resources, and that we and our world environment are interdependent.”
Requirements for this award must be completed in addition to any similar requirements completed for rank.
Requirements:
Lion Scouts – This award is not available for Lions to earn.
Tiger Scouts: – This award isn’t available for Tigers to earn.
Wolf Scouts – You may earn the World Conservation Award by doing the following:
- Earn the Paws on the Path adventure.
- Earn the Grow Something adventure.
- Complete requirements 1 and 2 from the Spirit of the Water adventure.
- Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
Bear Scouts – You may earn the World Conservation Award by doing the following:
- Earn the Fur, Feathers, and Ferns adventure.
- Earn either the Bear Goes Fishing or Critter Care adventure.
- Complete requirement 3 from the Baloo the Builder adventure by constructing a bird feeder or a bird house as one of the options.
- Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
Webelos Scouts (Including Scouts Earning Arrow of Light Rank) – You may earn the World Conservation Award by doing the following:
- Earn the Building a Better World adventure.
- Earn the Into the Wild adventure.
- Earn the Into the Woods adventure.
- Earn the Earth Rocks adventure.
- Complete requirements 1, 3a, and 3b in the Adventures in Science adventure.
- Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
After all of the requirements are finished, complete the form, located online (https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/cubscouts/pdf/512-036_WB.pdf) and signed by your Cubmaster. It should then be sent to your local council service center and documented.
Are you looking for Conservation Awards? Try these.
- Conservation Good Turn Award
- Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award
- National Park Service Scout Ranger Program
- William T. Hornaday Unit Award