Tifft Nature Preserve

Registration accepted until September 17, 2010 or until the participant number limit of 30 has been reached.  Registration and payment can be completed below or you can register online and pay in person or by mail at the Council Service Center.

This is a full uniform event!   Must bring signed blue merit badge card with scoutmaster’s signature. Bring a bag lunch. Snack and drink provided.

Refunds will not be issued unless authorized by the Greater Niagara Frontier Council. Refund forms can be found on our website under "forms". Please direct requests to Paulette Voit.

Leader supervision is necessary for each Merit Badge Day event.

ABSOLUTELY NO WALK-INS

Prerequisites:

Read the Mammal Study Merit Badge pamphlet.

Do ONE of the following:

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a.                   Spend three hours in each of two different kinds of natural habitats or at different elevations. List the different mammal species and individual members that you identified by sight or sign. Tell why all mammals do not live in the same kind of habitat.

b.                  Spend three hours on each of five days on at least a 25-acre area (about the size of 31/2 football fields). List the mammal species you identified by sight or sign.

c.                   From study and reading, write a simple history of one non game mammal that lives in your area. Tell how this mammal lived before its habitat was affected in any way by humans. Tell how it reproduces, what it eats, and its natural habitat. Describe its dependency upon plants and other animals (including humans), and how they depend upon it. Tell how it is helpful or harmful to humankind.

 AT LEAST 1 WEEK PRIOR TO CLASS THE PREREQUISITES NEED TO BE SENT TO:

Mary Hughes

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Pkwy

Buffalo, NY 14221-1293

If you have any questions on the prerequisites please contact Mary Hughes at mhughes@sciencebuff.org