Soil and Water Conservation

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Soil and Water Conservation merit badge
Status: Elective
Created: 1952
Discontinued: no
BSA Advancement ID:
Requirements revision: 2005
Latest pamphlet revision: 2004



Merit badge requirements

1. Do the following:
2. Do the following:
a. Define soil erosion.
c. Name three kinds of soil erosion. Describe each.
3. Do the following:
a. Tell what is meant by "conservation practices".
4. Do the following:
a. Explain what a watershed is.
5. Do the following:
a. Make a drawing to show the hydrologic cycle.
e. Explain how industrial use affects water supply.
6. Do the following:
a. Tell what is meant by water pollution.
7. Do TWO of the following:
1. An agricultural experiment.
4. A conservation-managed farm or ranch.
5. A managed watershed.
6. A waste-treatment plant.
7. A public drinking water treatment plant.
8. An industry water-use installation.
9. A desalinization plant.

Source: 2007 Boy Scout Requirements (33215)







Help with these requirements

1a: What's the Difference Between Soil and Dirt? 2: The Soil Erosion Site 3: National Conservation Practice Standards 4: What is a Watershed? From the Watershed Atlas. 5a: The Hydrologic/Water Cycle From the University of North Dakota's Earthscape Project. 5b: Capillary Action 5b: Soil Percolation 6: Water Pollution FAQs 6c: Water Quality Monitor: Biochemical Oxygen Demand 6c/d: Wastewater Treatment Principles and Regulations 7d: How to Use a Soil Survey From the USDA's Natural Resources Conversation Service.

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