OldGreyEagle 5 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 To earn Ranger, a Venturer must plan, lead, and carry out a significant conservation project under the guidance of a natural resources professional amoungst many other things. Can you give me some ideas of what has qualified as a "significant" project? Link to post Share on other sites
DDHII 11 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 A significant conservation project would be the same as an Eagle Scout level project (or even higher). A very good resource guide would be to follow the William T. Hornaday award guidelines and select a project under the 8 catagories. A Venturer may also use the project for the Ranger Award as an Eagle Scout project and/or Hornaday Badge project. Subsitute the required merit badges for Plant & Wildlife and Ecology in the Ranger Buideboook. Dale Link to post Share on other sites
matuawarrior 10 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Here are some examples my Rangers have done in the past: Erosion Control Tree planting Turtle Watch Setting up snake traps by ports of entries (We have the brown tree snake problem) Trail Maintenance Water or Soil testing I have a Venturer who wants to count birds at the Air Base. The best thing to do is invite a conservation officer to your Crew meetings to give examples for your area. I'm pretty sure they may have projects planned but have yet to do them. The BSA has a conservation book that may help. I can't think of the name at the moment but I'll get back to you on it. Matua Link to post Share on other sites
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