Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

Camp Tuscazoar will host a workshop to help Scouts earn Wilderness Survival Merit Badge. The requirements for Wilderness Survival Merit Badge cover topics like identifying hazards, first aid, priorities in survival situations, and improvising natural shelters. Scouts will also learn to build fires without matches and will have an opportunity to participate in Jamboree on the Air (JOTA).

October 18, 2025 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Details for the weekend are listed below.

• Cost of the event weekend will be $25 per participant and $10 for leaders and scouts not taking the merit badge.
• Participants will be given one MRE for Saturday Breakfast and lunch (they will decide the best way to make it last)
• Dinner will be foil dinners and all registered campers will participate.
• Participants will be given an “I survived the Camp Tuscazoar Merit Badge Weekend” coin.
• Meals for non-participants will be provided at the Troop level with the exception of Saturday evening dinner.
• There is no additional cost for campsite rentals.
• MB participant numbers are required by October 5.

Prerequisites:

• Scouts will be required to build a natural shelter and sleep in it on Saturday evening.
• Complete the Merit Badge Workbook
• Bring personal survival kit listed in requirement 5.

This weekend coincides with the Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, the largest Scouting event in the world. Typically, more than 1 million Scouts participate with over 11,000 stations operated by 20,000+ amateur radio operators from 150+ countries.

For more information, please contact Chris Altman at 330-410-4625 or at pscaltman@yahoo.com.

To register your group, complete the following form and return it to the camp.

Registration form >