Scout BSA Program

Come explore the zoo and earn badge requirements towards the Conservation Award with a zoo educator. Through the Scout BSA Program, the scout will complete almost all requirements for the badge and have the course signed off by our very own Zoo Scout Badge Counselor!

Badge Programs:

Fish and Wildlife Badge:

Cost: $36 for Zoo members/$40 for non-members (badge not included in cost)

Dates offered:

• Saturday, February 28^th 1 PM -3 PM
• Saturday, April 18^th 1 PM – 3 PM

Continuing badge requirement that will not be completed during the badge course:

Badge Requirement #5 Do one of the following:

• Construct, erect, and check regularly at least two artificial nest boxes (wood duck, bluebird, squirrel, etc.) and keep written records for one nesting season.
• Construct, erect, and check regularly bird feeds and keep written records daily over a two -week period of the kinds of birds visiting the feeders.
• Develop and implement a fishery improvement project of a backyard wildlife habitat improvement project. Share the results with your counselor.
• Design and construct a wildlife blind near a game trail, water hole, salt lick, bird feeder, or birdbath and take good photographs or make sketches from the blind of any combination of 10 wild birds, mammals, reptiles, or amphibians.

Bird Study:

Cost: $36 for zoo members/$40 for non-zoo members (badge not included in cost)

Dates offered:

• Sunday, March 22^nd 1 PM – 3 PM
• Sunday, April 12^th 1 PM-3 PM

Continuing badge requirement that may not be completed during the badge course:

Badge Requirement #5 Observe and be able to identify 20 species of wild birds. Prepare a field notebook, make a separate entry for each species, and record the following information from your field observations and other references:

• Note the date and time
• Note the location and habitat.
• Describe the bird’s main feeding habitat and list two types of food that the bird is likely to eat.
• Note whether the bird is a migrant or a summer, winter, or year-round resident of your area.

Mammal Study:

Cost: $36 for Zoo members/$40 for non-members (badge not included in cost)

Dates offered:

• Sunday, May 17^th 1 PM – 3 PM
• Sunday, June 21^st 1 PM – 3 PM

Continuing badge requirement that will not be completed at the Zoo:

Badge requirement #5: Working with your counselor, select and carry out one project that will influence the numbers of one or more mammals.

Looking for more opportunities for Girl Scouts and Scouts BSA? Take a look at our Snore and Roar Overnights program to experience the Zoo after dark! Or check out our Programs at the Zoo page where we have a wide variety of field trip programs tailored to each grade and age group. You can even have the Zoo come to you with our Zoomobile Programs!”