Get with the Land Patch
By earning this patch girls will learn about the Linking Girls to the Land partnership, work side by side with a federal or state natural resource agency professional and choose an environmental project or activity in which to participate or complete. Download the patch criteria (PDF, 2 pp., 385KB). Download the order form (PDF, 1 page, 120KB).

 The Nature of Learning Grants Program: A Linking Girls to the Land Opportunity
The Nature of Learning (PDF, 200KB, 1 page) is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System’s new community-based environmental education initiative. The Nature of Learning grants provide financial and technical assistance to help Girl Scout Councils and their communities use National Wildlife Refuges as outdoor classrooms to promote a greater understanding of local conservation issues. Any Girl Scout Council can partner with a national wildlife refuge and apply for funding in order to develop a natural resource conservation or education project.

Linking Girls to the Land Council Grants
Any Girl Scout Adult Volunteer, Council Staff Member, Campus Girl Scout, or Girl Scout aged 14-17 who has full support of her council can apply for funding in order to develop a natural resource conservation or education project along with a federal or state natural resource conservation agency.

EPA Water Drop Patch Project
The project offers learning opportunities to Girl Scouts in watersheds, non point source pollution, wetlands, and groundwater/drinking water. The project booklet can be located on the Internet at: www.epa.gov/adopt/patch/. Copies of the booklet are also available FREE by calling the National Service Center for Environmental Publications at: 1-800-490-9198.

GSUSA Leave No Trace Master Educator Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded to Girl Scout Adults who wish to attend a Leave No Trace Master (LNT) Educator Course offered by the National Outdoor Leadership School and the Appalachian Mountain Club. Recipients are responsible for integrating LNT practices within their council.

Take Pride in America ®
Participate in this national partnership that aims to encourage, support, and recognize volunteers who work to improve our public parks, forests, grasslands and wildlife refuges, as well as our cultural and historic sites, local playgrounds and other recreation areas. Take Pride is an excellent opportunity for Girl Scouts to demonstrate local pride, initiative, and stewardship by volunteering on public lands. Unique Girl Scout opportunities are in development.

NOAA Aquarius Project STUDIO 2B_SM destination
This project teaches Girl Scouts ages 15-18, the fundamentals of ocean exploration and technology, oceanography, coral reef ecology, habitat preservation, and maritime archaeology. Each participating Girl Scout devises an outreach plan for taking what they learned home to their schools, Girl Scout councils, and communities. The week's events are fully funded and include all of the girls' travel expenses.

Wyoming’s Wildlife Wonders STUDIO 2B_SM destination
This travel opportunity teaches Girl Scout partner teams ages 14-17 about the ecology and natural history of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The week is filled with hiking, canoeing and trekking through the Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest. Teens observe wildlife such as antelope, bison, coyotes and ospreys, participate in a national bird-banding effort, and keep track of their ecological discoveries in their homemade naturalist journal. Teen partners share their experience with their friends, family council and community by developing an environmental action or research project to complete at home.

USFWS Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program
Girl Scouts of all ages can participate in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program, a dynamic arts curriculum designed to teach wetlands and waterfowl conservation. Girl Scouts who participate in the program complete a Junior Duck Stamp design as their visual ”term paper,” allowing girls to use visual arts, rather than verbal communication to articulate what they have learned. Contestants enter their designs in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest at the state level for a chance to win a number of prizes in four different age categories. All State Best of Show designs are then sent to the national contest. Email duckstamps@fws.gov or call (703) 358-2000.

Linking Girls to the Land Regional Workshops
These workshops are designed to explain the program and "link" Girl Scout representatives with federal and state natural resource agency personnel. The goal is to form joint conservation and outdoor projects on public and Girl Scout lands that enhance the Girl Scout program and also benefit the agencies.

For more information on Linking Girls to the Land programs and opportunities contact Jodi Stewart at Girl Scouts of the USA, linkinggirls@girlscouts.org or 1-800-223-0624 x8076.

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