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Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Helps and Documents

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Scouts working on the Wilderness Survival merit badge learn to anticipate and avoid the hazards involved in backcountry adventures. They put together a first aid kit and build a natural shelter. They also learn how to treat water, be aware of weather conditions, and light a fire without matches.

Get the Wilderness Survival Merit Badge pamphlet

Printable helps for requirements:

Printable requirements for Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

Printable note sheet for Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

Printable checkoff sheet for all Scouts BSA merit badges

Be prepared for your wilderness adventure with these related ideas and achivements:

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Wilderness Survival Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA
The Wilderness Survival program feature helps Scouts learn how to stay safe, warm, and dry when the unexpected happens during an outdoor adventure.
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A reader asks about a Scout spending the night in the woods alone. He was wondering if this was done as part of the Wilderness Survival merit badge.
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  1. J Williams says

    January 19, 2021 at 6:11 PM

    Just yesterday on national news, 14-year-old Amanda Bales was featured as the first girl to attain Eagle Scout status. Among other things, she mentioned that she “spent a night in the woods alone.” Would this have been achieved under the Wilderness Survival merit badge requirement or something else? How much latitude or discretion does a merit badge counselor have to custom tailor an activity to fit a requirement? Wondering. Thank you.

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