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Task

9. Leave No Trace and the Outdoor Code, what you actually did

Required Often forgotten

Their importance to plant science, then how YOU followed them in natural areas during field observation, specimen collection and identification. Written in the past tense, so it reports on work already done.

Note. Written in the past tense: how you HAVE followed the principles during field observation, specimen collection and identification. It reports on the fieldwork rather than preparing for it, so it cannot honestly be finished first.

Where this step comes from

  1. Plant Science Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 9 · Asks how the principles HAVE been followed during field observation, specimen collection and identification. A report on work already done.

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