World Wetlands Day

February 2 is World Wetlands Day every year. This is a day to raise awareness of the importance of preserving wetlands. This day is an opportunity to encourage Scouts to participate in conservation efforts.

Visit the World Wetlands Day website to learn why wetlands are important to the future of humanity and to our planet.

Here are some related achievements and ideas:

Cub Scout World Conservation Award: Helps and Ideas

The Cub Scout World Conservation Award may be earned by Wolves, Bears, or Webelos (including Webelos working on Arrow of Light). They earn the award by working on their rank appropriate conservation and nature adventures. They must also participate in a conservation project.

BSA Hornaday Award Program – Introduction

The fundamental purpose of the Hornaday Awards program is to encourage learning by the scouts and to increase public awareness about natural resource conservation.

Splash! Scouts BSA Nova Award (Science) Helps and Documents

Splash! is the Scouts BSA Nova Award for investigating water science. To earn this award, Scouts must complete one of their science related merit badges and learn about related topics such as pollution, health, water cycle, and waste treatment. Scouts also learn how water is processed and consumed.