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Hornaday
Bronze Award
Requirements
 
Awarded to an individual for exceptional service in natural resource conservation or environmental improvement. A national committee judges the applications. (Application)
Merit Badge Requirement Groups
 
Environmental Science MB- mandatory
 
Group 1 Mreit Badges - Energy, Fish and Wildlife Management, Forestry, Public Health, Soil and Water Conservation
 
Group 2 Merit Badges - Geology, Insect Study, Landscape Architecture, Mammal Stud,y Nature, Oceanography, Atomic Energy, Plant Science, Bird Study, Pulp and Paper, Fishing, Reptile and Amphibian Study, Gardening, Weather
 
For the Hornaday Bronze Medal, earn the Environmental Science merit badge, plus at least three additional badges from group 1, and any two others listed from the group 2. If special circumstances make it impossible to complete any of the required merit badges, the Scout Executive may grant a waiver or allow a substitution. An explanation of the waiver should be appended to the application.
 
Conservation Project Categories
 
Energy Conservation
Soil and Water Conservation
Fish and Wildlife Management
Forestry and Range Management
Air and Water Pollution Control
Resource Recovery (Recycling)
Hazardous Material Disposal and Management
 
For the Hornaday Bronze Medal, plan, lead, and carry out four significant projects in natural resource conservation or environmental improvement - one each from four of the seven project categories listed above.

There must be clear written evidence in your application that you did indeed plan, lead, and carry out four long-term, substantial projects in four different conservation categories.

Past recitients have indicated that it takes at least eighteen months to complete all the requirements.

 



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