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Buffalo Boy Scout Wildlife Conservationist Proficiency Award Badge Black Back Troop Large PS934B 

DESCRIPTION:  Wildlife Conservationist proficiency badge, Bison or Buffalo image, -generally speaking, this is a very hard skill badge to find, perhaps the relatively challenging badge requirements partially explain this relative rarity, see the Rule below,  if interested in this badge but in Used condition I may still have this badge available on eBay and for a bit lower price

Style Variation: black back, ribbon bound (the black back style variation is thought to have been produced in the late 1940’s) 

Size:                  1 7/16 inches or 38 mm in diameter, we have noticed that these badges may have come in more than one size, this badge is the larger such version at 38 mm

CONDITION:      New Like, might be new old stock (the colour and images on this badge are very strong and vibrant, see images for greater detail)

Going for:            $47.99  

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RULE 304 – WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST 

(i)                Be able to describe the effect on wildlife resulting from: fire, over-grazing, unwise forest practice, soil erosion and water pollution. Know how erosion affects fish feeding grounds and spawning grounds. List the main sources of pollution of streams.

(ii)               Know the relationship between wildlife and natural habitat and how man controls the natural environment.

(iii)              Know how the beaver affects water conservation.

(iv)             Know the relationship in nature between  the units of one of the following groups:

(a)    Wolvers, deer and white cedar.

(b)    Wolves, big game animals, and the rabbit cycle.

(c)    Foxes, mice, and young forest plantations.

(d)    Horned owls, skunks, shrews, grasshoppers and pasture.

(e)    Trees, insects, birds.

(v)              Know why the laws are made setting definite seasons and bag limits on hunting, fishing and trapping in your province, and know the proper dates and bag limits on two species of game, two of game fish, and two on fur bearing animals.

(vi)             Do One of the following:-

(a)    Make a list of the kinds of birds, mammals, insects and wild-flowers on a plot of ungrazed woodland of about 4 acres (140 by 140 yards square). Make a similar list for an area of 4 acres of woodland long grazed by cattle, and state why the populations are so different.

(b)    Select one species of wildlife common in your neighbourhood and find out what are the best ways to protect  it, or if it is a game or fur species, to provide a useful cop every year.

(c)    Actively belong to a Nature Club or attend a camp where conservation and nature study form a large part of the programme.

(d)    Go out for at least two days with a commercial fisherman, trapper, Game Warden, Fishery Officer or conservationist, and write a report on the methods he uses.

(vii)            Do One of the following:-

(a)    Help stock or fertilize a farm pond.

(b)    Plant 100 yards of stream banks to control erosion.

(c)    Set out 100 food plants for birds and mammals.

(d)    Help plant a windbreak or ledge or other suitable winter cover for wildlife.

(e)    Build three small check dams, deflectors, or cover devices in a stream.

(f)      Build and set out in suitable places eight nesting boxes or den pipes. 

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