Calling all Boy Scouts! Merit Badge Day at Indian Creek Nature Center gives you an opportunity to work with a team of experts in Environmental Science, Wilderness Survival, Hiking, Bird Study, Geology, Nature, Orienteering, Mammal Study, and Weather. Sign up for a morning session and afternoon session, each lasting 3 hours. A one-hour lunch break will be provided from 12pm-1pm. Scouts and adults are responsible for bringing their own lunch.

Pre-registration required. Each session costs $10.

**Prior to arriving for merit badge day, scouts are expected to have read through their corresponding merit badge book and to have thought about the requirements.

Session information:

Weather- Weatherman Justin Gehrts will walk you through requirements 1-9.  Requirements 10 and 11 will need to be completed on your own after the workshop; however, Justin will provide resources for your investigation of requirement 11.

Bird Study- We will be able to complete requirements 1-6 during your workshop session.  Requirement 7 can be completed at the nature center during one of the following expert led programs: Birding-May 14th, 8 AM; Birding-June 3, 6:30 PM.  Requirement 8 must be completed on your own.

Orienteering- We will be able to complete requirements 1-6 during your workshop session.  Limited opportunities to complete requirements 7-10 with the nature center staff are available. You must speak to a staff member to confirm your involvement and work out details well in advance.  Possible dates include May 20th, 6:30-8 pm (Arrive at 5 pm to set up course), and June 18th, 1-2:30 (Arrive at 11 to set up course).    Requirements 7-10 must be pursued on your own.

Environmental Science- Our expert requests that you complete requirements 1, 2 and 3b2 prior to your arrival.  You will be working with data you collect and discussing the impacts. You will review requirements 1 and 2, discuss 3b2, complete 3a1, 3c2, and 5.  Options for setting up requirement 4 will be discussed and pointed out, and requirements 1 and 2 will be reviewed. Requirements 3d, 3e, 3f, 4 and 6 will need to be completed on your own. **Please do not bring your cell phones to this workshop.

Hiking-We will be able to complete requirements 1-4. Please come with a 10 mile hike in mind that you would like to do, and a map of that area. Requirements 5-7 must be completed on your own.

Wilderness Survival- We will be able to complete requirements 1-5, 7, and 9-12. Methods for requirement 6 will be practiced and discussed, but if the requirements aren't achieved at the workshop more work will be needed on your own. Shelter building will be reviewed, but requirement 8's overnight stay must be completed on your own elsewhere.

Geology- We will be able to complete requirements 1-5, (All requirements!) of this badge during your workshop session.  We will be working through option 5a.

Nature Study- We will be able to complete requirements 1-3,4a, 4b, and 4c.  We will attempt 4e, but cannot guarantee success.  One (or two, depending on 4e) other requirement from 4 (d, f, or h) will need to be completed on your own.