Trees and plants play important roles in nature. In this Adventure, you will get to learn about the plants and trees in your community by exploring your area on a walk or visit to a local nature center, tree farm, or park.
If you have ever stood beneath a towering redwood, enjoyed the colors of fall leaves, or watched pine trees swaying in the wind, you know that trees and plants are beautiful. But they are also important to life on Earth. As you go into the woods, you will learn what trees and plants do for us and for animals, and why taking care of them is important to our planet’s well-being.
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Visit an area with trees and plants and conduct a tree inventory. Select one tree and complete the remaining requirements based on that tree.
Determine if your tree is deciduous or evergreen.
Determine if your tree is native or was introduced to your area.
Find out how your tree deals with wildfire.
Learn how wildlife uses your tree.
Visit an area with trees and plants and conduct a tree inventory. Select one tree and complete the remaining requirements based on that tree.
Cub Scouts visit a park to conduct a tree inventory and select a tree to study.
Determine if your tree is deciduous or evergreen.
Cub Scouts make a rubbing of the leaf or needles from their chosen tree.
Cub Scouts photograph their leaf and enlarge the image to determine if it is deciduous or coniferous.
Cub Scouts use a pocket microscope to examine their leaf.
Determine if your tree is native or was introduced to your area.
Cub Scouts determine whether their tree is native, introduced, or invasive.
Find out how your tree deals with wildfire.
Cub Scouts will observe how different types of wood burn.
Cub Scouts talk with a Fire Management Officer to learn about wildfires and prescribed burns.
Learn how wildlife uses your tree.
Cub Scouts investigate the relationships between trees and wildlife.
Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies
Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments
Managing Member Calje
David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.
President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.
Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.
