Gateway Area Council
2600 Quarry Rd.
La Crosse, WI 54601-3997
Phone: 608-784-4040
Web site: http://www.gatewayareacouncil.org

Chippewa Valley Council
710 S. Hastings Way
Eau Claire, WI 54701-3425
Phone: 715-832-6671
Web site: http://www.bsa-cvc.org

Sinnissippi Council
2300 East Racine St.
Janesville, WI 53545-4340
Phone: 608-756-4669
Web site: http://www.sinnissippibsa.org

Four Lakes Council
34 Schroeder Court
Madison, WI 53711-2525
Phone: 608-273-1005
Web site: http://www.flcbsa.org

Bay Lakes Council
2555 Northern Road
Appleton, WI 54914-8753
Phone: 920-734-5705
Web site: http://www.baylakesbsa.org

Milwaukee County Council
330 South 84th St.
Milwaukee, WI 53214-1468
Phone: 414-774-1776
Web site: http://www.milwaukeeboyscouts.org

Southeast Wisconsin Council
2319 Northwestern Ave.
Racine, WI 53404-4010
Phone: 262-632-1655
Web site: http://www.sewisbsa.com

Potawatomi Area Council
N. 12 West 24498 Bluemound Rd.
Waukesha, WI 53187-0528
Phone: 262-544-4881
Web site: http://www.pacbsa.org

Samoset Council
3511 Camp Phillips Road
Weston, WI 54476
Phone: 715-355-1450
Web site: http://www.samosetcouncil.org

Forestry Merit Badge Requirements

1. Prepare a field notebook, make a collection, and identify 15 species of trees or wild shrubs in a local forested area. Include a written description of:
   1. Identifying characteristics of leaf, twig, and fruit samples
   2. The habitat in which these trees or shrubs are found
   3. Chief ways each tree or shrub is used by human or wildlife
   4. The forest's successional stage, what its history has been, and what its future is
2. Do ONE of the following:
   1. Collect and identify wood samples of 10 species of trees. List several ways each species of wood can be used.
   2. Find and examine several stumps or logs that show variations in growth rate in their ring patterns. Prepare a field notebook describing their location and discuss possible reasons for the variations.
3. Be able to do the following:
   1. Describe contributions forests make to

4. 	Our economy in the form of products
   	Our social well-being
   	Soil protection and increased fertility
   	Clean water
   	Clean air
   	Wildlife
   	Recreation

2. Tell which watershed or other source your community relies on for its water supply.
5. Be able to describe what forest management means, including:
   1. Multiple-use management
   2. Even-aged and uneven-aged management and silvicultural systems associated with each type
   3. Intermediate cuttings
   4. How prescribed burning and related forest management practices are used
6. Do ONE of the following:
   1. Visit a managed public or private forest area with its manager or someone familiar with it. Write a brief report describing:

7. 	The type of forest
   	The management objectives
   	The forestry techniques used to achieve the objectives

2. Take a trip to a logging operation or wood-using industrial plant and write a brief report describing:

8. 	The species and size of trees being harvested or used
   	Where the trees are going to or coming from
   	What products are made from the trees or at the plant
   	How the products are made
   	How the products are used
   	How waste materials from the logging operation or plant are disposed of or utilized

9. Be able to do the following:
   1. Describe the damages to forests that result from:

10. 	Wildfire
    	Insects
    	Tree disease
    	Overgrazing
    	Improper harvest

2. Tell what can be done to reduce these damages.
3. Tell what you should do if you discover a forest fire and how to control it.
11. Do ONE of the following:
    1. Assist in carrying out a project that meets one or more of these objectives: timber stand improvement, watershed improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, recreation area improvement, or range improvement.
    2. Take part in a forest fire prevention campaign in cooperation with your local fire warden, forester, or counselor.
    3. Visit with one of more local foresters and write a brief report including education, qualifications, career opportunities, and objectives relating to forestry.

BSA Advancement ID#: 54
Source: Boy Scout Requirements, #33215E, revised 2002