Calling All Scouts: Earn your badges at this weekend’s WILD Outdoor Expo!

If you are looking for some great outdoors activities that can help fulfill Girl & Boy Scout Badges, join us this weekend at the New Jersey WILD Outdoor Expo! Tons of great activities will be offered, all for FREE!

Kayaking, NJ WILD Outdoor Expo
Kayaking, NJ WILD Outdoor Expo

On Saturday and Sunday this weekend, September 13 & 14, the New Jersey WILD Outdoor Expo is offering unique blend of conservation information, education and hands-on opportunities to learn outdoor skills and activities. Numerous environmental and conservation exhibits, demonstrations and seminars are planned for the weekend. Visitors can learn about, and try, a wide array of activities including fishing, hiking, shooting sports, kayaking, camping skills, rock climbing, wildlife watching and much more.

Many of these free activities can be help fulfill Girl and Boy Scout badge requirements. CWF will be providing handouts of these activities at the Expo, but they are also provided here on our website. Badge counselors will not be present at the Expo.

Archery, NJ WILD Outdoor Expo
Archery, NJ WILD Outdoor Expo

Some of the badges that can be fulfilled at the Expo include:

  • Birds badges
  • Naturalist badges
  • Photography badges
  • Camping and hiking badges
  • Forester badges
  • Outdoorsman badges
  • And many more!

For more information, or to be added to the scout mailing list, please contact Stephanie Feigin at 609-984-0621 or sfeigin@conservewildlifenj.org

Connect with the Outdoors!

At the NJ Wild Outdoor Expo

This weekend (September 25 & 26th) Conserve Wildlife Foundation will be at the 1st annual New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo located inside Assunpink Wildlife Management Area. The event is being hosted by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Division of Parks and Forestry, and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

The NJ Wild Outdoor Expo is September 25th & 26th, from 10am – 4pm.

The New Jersey Wild Outdoor Expo is an exciting way to feature the state’s hunting, fishing and wildlife watching heritage. The event will educate participants about meaningful conservation and outdoor safety practices while fostering environmental stewardship and ethics in an effort to get more children, families and other groups into the great outdoors.

The Expo seeks to help people connect with the natural world by providing a unique blend of conservation information, education and hands-on opportunities to learn outdoor skills and activities. We will be conducting a “Build a Bat House” workshop at the event. We will also have an informational table with books, field guides, and apparel. Visitors can also learn about and try a wide array of activities including fishing, hiking, shooting sports, kayaking, rock climbing, camping, wildlife watching and much more.