1. Complete these three requirements for Belt Loop (Year One):
   
   

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   Explain what natural resources are and why it's important to protect and conserve them.
   
   

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   Make a poster that shows and explains the food chain. Describe to your Den/Patrol what happens if the food chain becomes broken or damaged.
   
   

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   Learn about an endangered species. Make a report to your Den/Patrol that includes a picture, how the species came to be endangered, and what is being done to save it.

   
   
   
2. Earn the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop and complete five of the following requirements for the Wildlife Conservation Pin (Year Two):
   
   

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   Visit a wildlife sanctuary, nature center, or fish hatchery.
   
   

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   Collect and read five newspaper or magazine articles that discuss conservation of wildlife and report to your family or Den/Patrol what you learned.
   
   

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   Learn about five animals that use camouflage to protect themselves.
   
   

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   Make a birdbath and keep a record for one week of the different birds that visit it.
   
   

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   Make a collage of animals that are in the same class: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals.
   
   

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   Make a plaster cast of an animal track. Show it to your Den/Patrol.
   
   

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   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.
   
   

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   Visit a state park or national park.
   
   

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   Participate in an environmental service project that helps maintain habitat for wildlife, such as cleaning up an area or planting trees.

   
   
3. Earn the Wildlife Conservation Belt Loop and Wildlife Conservation Pin and complete remaining requirements above to earn the Wildlife Conservation Letter (Year Three).

To help with Den/Patrol organization: Print out this page, check off requirement as completed, and turn in to Leader when all requirements for Belt Loop, Pin, or Letter are completed.

• Ranger Rick - This cool magazine for kids has monthly activities and suggestions for how you can help the Earth.
  
  
• Audubon Society's WatchList for Kids - Learn which North American bird species are facing population decline and why. Get tips on bird watching and how to make your backyard bird friendly.
  
  
• WWF Global Network - Help save the Earth, and learn something along the way.