Requirement
5. A project that influences the numbers of one or more mammals
Required Often forgotten
Selected and carried out WORKING WITH YOUR COUNSELOR: agreed before it starts, not reported afterwards. The badge sets no scale and no clock, which makes this the requirement most likely to still be open at the end.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THE SHORTEST REQUIREMENT ON THE BADGE IS THE BIGGEST. Twenty-two words, no clock, no scale and no examples, and "working with your counselor" means the project is agreed with them before it starts, not reported to them afterwards. Raise it at your first meeting. It is the requirement most likely to be the only one still open when everything else is finished.
Where this step comes from
- Mammal Study Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 5 · Says "Working with your counselor, select and carry out". The counselor is involved in the selection.