Scouting, Volume 39, Number 2, February 1951 Page: 27
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Whether he lives in a teeming city, small
town, or on the farm, there is a conservation
job for every Scout or Explorer in America, and
there is suitable recognition if his job is exception-
ally well done.
Today, conservation is no longer just the crusade
of a few zealous guardians of America's natural
wealth. Today, much of that wealth is dissipated,
and conservation is a must for all of us if America
— and perhaps the free world — is to be preserved.
Early conservation in America was carried on
by a few hard working men, and to them we owe
much of our knowledge and technique. One of them
was Dr. William T. Hornaday, and in his name the
New York Zoological Society established a con-
servation award for Scouts and Explorers. Still an-
other award open to Scouts and Explorers is the
James E. West Conservation Scholarship. Details
of both awards follow:
Hornaday Award for Distinguished
Service to Conservation
niques in several fields of interest. It is not enough
to concentrate on wildlife to the exclusion or near
exclusion of soils and water, forests and grasslands.
Successful applicants are those who achieve results
in several areas.
Scoutmasters and Explorer advisors will find
the Scout Week Conservation Program as an-
nounced in the December and January issues of
Scouting Magazine (further information from
your Scout Executive) to be an excellent start for
individual or group work for the Hornaday Award.
In fact, outstanding Scout Week programs with
suitable follow-ups, might qualify the Unit (or
Patrol or Crew) for the group award.
For application blanks, write to: Boy Scouts
of America, 2 Park Avenue, New York 16, N. Y.
This application suggests ideas for activities and
local resources where help may be obtained. There
is no limit to the number of awards.
This award is presented by the Boy Scouts of
America to individual Scouts or Explorers, or to
a Patrol, Crew, Troop or Post for unusual and out-
standing service in the field of conservation of
natural resources. The award is made available by
the New York Zoological Society, in honor of the
late Dr. William T. Hornaday, a pioneer in the rec-
ognition of the importance of conservation of Amer-
ica's natural resources.
In making this award, the National Court of
Honor places emphasis upon actual results accom-
plished. For example, an individual or a group
might spend considerable time in planting trees
for reforestation, soil and water control or other
purpose; or in planting hedgerows for wildlife
food and cover; or in planting stream banks to re-
duce erosion. But in the same amount of time, the
Scout or Explorer, Troop or Crew might influence
several landowners to do the same thing. The re-
sults in the latter case would be greater, of more
importance to conservation than individual work
done.
One of the purposes of this award is to spread
the word of the need for wise land use practices as
widely as possible. Thus emphasis is placed on what
happens as a result of the applicant's efforts as well
as on those efforts themselves.
In the same way, Hornaday Award winners must
show an awareness of conservation needs and tech-
James E. West Conservation Scholarship
This Scholarship of $500 is given to one member
of the Boy Scouts of America yearly, by the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as a
memorial to the late Dr. James E. West, Chief
Scout. It may be used only for the further study of
conservation on an under-graduate or graduate
level in a college approved by the Boy Scouts of
America.
An applicant for this scholarship must be no more
than twenty years and nine months as of June 1.
He must demonstrate unusual and outstanding ser-
vice to conservation, as well as have a satisfactory
record of scholarship, character and Scouting par-
ticipation. He is required to submit an essay of at
least 500 words, stating why he wishes to study
some phase of conservation and enter that field
professionally.
Needless to say, winning the Hornaday Award,
or having earned one or more of the conservation
Merit Badges, would count heavily in favor of the
applicant. Application forms may be obtained from
the Boy Scouts of America.
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FEBRUARY. 1951
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