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BOY SCOUT: Soil & Water Conservation

Note: Lion Country Safari's badge workshop will help your Scout group
prepare for earning a badge. The following list will help you to understand
what Lion Country Safari covers, and what the Scout and/or group will need
to do to complete the badge requirements. All badge workshops must be
arranged in advance.

At Lion Country Safari
(during your badge workshop)		 Scouts need to do on their own
(or as a Den activity)
1 Do the following:
a) Tell what soil is and how it is formed
b) Describe three kinds of soil. Tell how they are different.
c) Name 3 main plant nutrients in fertile soil. Tell how they
can be put back when used up.
2 Do the following:
a) define soil erosion
b) Tell why soil erosion is important. Tell how it affects you
c) Name and describe 3 kinds of soil erosion
3 Do the following:
a) Tell what is meant by "conservation practices"
b) Describe the effect of three kinds of erosion-control
practices.
4 Do the following:
a) explain what a watershed is.
d) Explain what a river basin is. Tell why all people living in
a river basin should be concerned about land and water use in
the basin.
5 Do the following:
c) Explain how removal of vegetation affects the way water
runs off a watershed.
d)Tell how uses of forest, range, and farmland affect usable
water supply.
e) Explain how industrial use affects water supply
6. Do the following:
a) Tell what is meant by "Water Pollution."
b) Describe common sources of water pollution and explain
the effects of each. c) Tell what is meant by "primary water
treatment," "Secondary waste treatment," and "Biochemical
oxygen demand."
7 a) LCS serves as the place to visit for: a wildlife refuge or
a fish or game management area (see book). You will need to
write a 500-word report on the soil, water, and conservation
practices you saw here. And you will need to visit one other
place listed in your book and write another 500-word report
on their conservation practices.

2d) Take a picture or draw two kinds of soil erosion.
3c) Take pictures or draw three kinds of erosion-control
practices.
4b) Outline the smallest watershed you can find on a
contour map.
c) Outline, as far as the map will allow, the next largest
watershed that also has the smaller one on it.
5a) Make a drawing of the water cycle.
b) demonstrate at least two of the following actions of water
in relation to soil: percolation, capillary action, precipitation,
transpiration, evaporation.
6d) Make a drawing showing the principles of complete
waste water treatment.
7 Do two of the following: a) Make a trip to one other place
listed in your book, and write the report.
b) Plant 100 trees, bushes, and/or vines for a good purpose.
c) Seed an area of at least 1/5 acre for some worthwhile
conservation purpose.
d) Study a soil survey report.
e) Make a list of places in your neighborhood, camps,
school, ground, or park having erosion, sedimentation,
or pollution problems and how they can be remedied.
f) Carry out some other approved soil and water
conservation project.