William T. Hornaday Awards
The William T. Hornaday Awards are for distinguished service
in natural resources conservation
The Hornaday Awards Program includes a number of levels:
- The Unit Award, which can be earned by Cub Scout Packs, Scout Troops, Venturing
Crews, and Sea Scout Ships. The Unit Award is a Certificate awarded on the Council
Level.
- The Hornaday Badge, which can be earned by Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, and Venturers
and is also administered on the Council Level.
- The Hornaday Gold Badge, which can be awarded to adult Scouters who have
given significant leadership to conservation at a council or district level,
and is also administered on the Council Level.
- The Bronze and Silver Medals, which can be earned by Scouts, Sea Scouts,
and Venturers and are administered Nationally.
- The Gold Medal, which is awarded to ADULT Scouters. The Gold Medal is administered
Nationally. (No more than 6 are awarded annually.)
- Gold Certificates, which are awarded to Corporations, or Organizations unaffiliated
with Scouting. The Certificate is also administered Nationally. (No more than
6 are awarded annually.)
For details of the Hornaday Award program,
click here. For a
history of the Hornaday award program,
click here.
The successful attainment of the youth awards will normally take at least 18
months to accomplish. For the adult awards, the Gold Badge and Gold Certificate
require 3 years of service, and the Gold Medal, at least 20 years. The following
are highlights of the requirements for the Youth awards (Badge, Bronze Medal, and
Silver Medal).
These awards are presented for distinguished service in natural resource conservation
for units, Scouts, Venturers, Sea Scouts, and Scouters. Scouts may earn the Hornaday
Badge or the Hornaday Bronze or Silver Medal.
WILLIAM T. HORNADAY BADGE
To be eligible for the Hornaday Badge, presented by the local council, a
Scout must do the following:
- Earn First Class rank.
- Plan, lead, and carry out at least one project from one of the categories
listed (see below)
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- Complete the requirements for any three of the merit badges listed in
bold. In addition, complete any two of the others listed.
WILLIAM T. HORNADAY BRONZE OR SILVER MEDAL
To be eligible for these awards, granted by the National Council, a Scout
must do the following:
- Earn First Class rank.
- For the bronze medal: Plan, lead, and carry out at least three projects
from three separate categories listed. Earn the Environmental Science merit
badge, plus at least three additional badges shown in boldface, and any
two others listed.
- For the silver medal: Plan, lead, and carry out at least four projects
from four separate categories listed. Earn all six merit badges listed in
boldface, plus any three others listed.
PROJECT CATEGORIES:
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MERIT BADGES:
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- Energy conservation
- Soil and water conservation
- Fish and wildlife management
- Forestry and range management
- Air and water pollution control
- Resource recovery (recycling)
- Hazardous material disposal and management
- Invasive species control
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- Energy
- Environmental Science
- Fish and Wildlife Management
- Forestry
- Public Health
- Soil and Water Conservation
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- Bird Study
- Fishing
- Fly-Fishing
- Gardening
- Geology
- Insect Study
- Landscape Architecture
- Mammal Study
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- Nature
- Nuclear Science
- Oceanography
- Plant Science
- Pulp and Paper
- Reptile and Amphibian Study
- Weather
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For complete requirements, see the applicable award application form at
www.scouting.org/awards/homaday-awards/forms
and the Hornaday Award Conservation Project Workbook at
https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/Hornaday_Award_Conservation_Project_Workbook.pdf..
(Note that there are underscore characters where spaces seem to be present in
the URL.)
The complete program of the applicant, as planned and carried out, will be reviewed
and approved by the council for the award of the certificate or badge or both and,
further, if deemed qualified, will be recommended to the William T. Hornaday Awards
Committee for consideration for the Silver or Bronze medals.
Each project should be equivalent in scope to an Eagle Scout leadership service
project. A project planned and carried out as an Eagle Project, which would normally
qualify for Hornaday Awards MAY BE USED as one of the Hornaday Projects. One of
the other projects can be performed on BSA property.
Page updated on:
February 11, 2019
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