Merit Badge Library

Last Updated: 4/10/09

	Merit Badge	Eagle Required	Last Yr Updated	# of Current Books	# of Older Books	Total # of Books
1	American Business		2002	1	0	1
2	American Culture		2005	0	0	0
3	American Heritage		2005	0	1	1
4	American Labor		2006	0	0	0
5	Animal Science		2006	0	0	0
6	Archaeology		2006	1	1	2
7	Archery		2004	3	2	5
8	Architecture		2004	0	0	0
9	Art		2006	0	3	3
10	Astronomy		2004	0	3	3
11	Athletics		2006	0	1	1
12	Auto Mechanics		2000	2	0	2
13	Aviation		2006	0	1	1
14	Backpacking		2007	0	5	5
15	Basketry		2003	0	1	1
16	Bird Study		2005	0	1	1
17	Bugling (see Music)
18	Camping	Yes	2005	0	3	3
19	Canoeing		2004	0	2	2
20	Chemistry		2004	0	2	2
21	Cinematography		2001	0	0	0
22	Citizenship in the Community	Yes	2005	2	6	8
23	Citizenship in the Nation	Yes	2005	3	4	7
24	Citizenship in the World	Yes	2005	3	1	4
25	Climbing		2006	0	2	2
26	Coin Collecting		2002	0	1	1
27	Collections		2003	0	1	1
28	Communications	Yes	2003	1	6	7
29	Composite Materials		2006	0	0	0
30	Computers		2005	1	2	3
31	Cooking		2007	0	3	3
32	Crime Prevention		2005	1	0	1
33	Cycling	Yes	2003	2	0	2
34	Dentistry		2006	0	1	1
35	Disabilities Awareness		2005	0	0	0
36	Dog Care		2003	1	0	1
37	Drafting		1993	0	0	0
38	Electricity		2004	0	2	2
39	Electronics		2004	0	1	1
40	Emergency Preparedness	Yes	2003	2	0	2
41	Energy		2005	1	0	1
42	Engineering		2000	0	0	0
43	Entrepreneurship		2006	0	0	0
44	Environmental Science	Yes	2006	1	9	10
45	Family Life	Yes	2005	2	0	2
46	Farm Mechanics		1997	0	0	0
47	Fingerprinting		2003	2	0	2
48	Fire Safety		2004	0	1	1
49	First Aid	Yes	2007	1	4	5
50	Fish and Wildlife Management		2004	0	2	2
51	Fishing		2002	3	0	3
52	Fly-Fishing		2002	1	0	1
53	Forestry		2005	0	2	2
54	Gardening		2002	0	0	0
55	Genealogy		2005	0	2	2
56	Geology		2005	1	1	2
57	Golf		2002	1	0	1
58	Graphic Arts		2006	0	0	0
59	Hiking	Yes	2007	1	1	2
60	Home Repairs		2002	0	1	1
61	Horsemanship		2004	0	1	1
62	Indian Lore		2003	0	3	3
63	Insect Study		2002	0	1	1
64	Journalism		2006	0	0	0
65	Landscape Architecture		2002	0	0	0
66	Law		2003	2	1	3
67	Leatherwork		2002	1	0	1
68	Lifesaving	Yes	2001	6	0	6
69	Mammal Study		2003	2	0	2
70	Medicine		2002	1	0	1
71	Metalwork		2007	0	2	2
72	Model Design and Building		2003	0	0	0
73	Motorboating		1992	1	0	1
74	Music and Bugling		2003	0	3	3
75	Nature		2003	1	0	1
76	Nuclear Science		2004	0	0	0
77	Oceanography		2003	1	0	1
78	Orienteering		2003	7	0	7
79	Painting		2002	0	0	0
80	Personal Fitness	Yes	2006	0	8	8
81	Personal Management	Yes	2003	6	0	6
82	Pets		2005	0	0	0
83	Photography		2005	1	0	1
84	Pioneering		2006	0	1	1
85	Plant Science		2005	0	0	0
86	Plumbing		2004	0	0	0
87	Pottery		2002	1	0	1
88	Public Health		2005	1	0	1
89	Public Speaking		2002	0	1	1
90	Pulp and Paper		2006	0	0	0
91	Radio		2001	2	0	2
92	Railroading		2003	1	0	1
93	Reading		2003	1	0	1
94	Reptile and Amphibian Study		2005	1	2	3
95	Rifle Shooting		2001	4	0	4
96	Rowing		2006	1	2	3
97	Safety		2006	0	2	2
98	Salesmanship		2003	0	0	0
99	Scholarship		2004	0	0	0
100	Sculpture		2007	1	0	1
101	Shotgun Shooting		2005	0	2	2
102	Skating		2005	0	0	0
103	Small-Boat Sailing		2004	1	1	2
104	Snow Sports		2007	0	0	0
105	Sail and Water Conservation		2004	0	1	1
106	Space Exploration		2004	1	0	1
107	Sports		2006	0	1	1
108	Stamp Collecting		2007	0	0	0
109	Surveying		2004	0	0	0
110	Swimming	Yes	2002	6	0	6
111	Textile		2003	1	0	1
112	Theater		2005	0	0	0
113	Traffic Safety		2006	1	0	1
114	Truck Transportation		2005	0	0	0
115	Veterinary Medicine		2005	0	0	0
116	Water Sports		2007	0	0	0
117	Weather		2006	0	3	3
118	Whitewater		2005	0	0	0
119	Wilderness Survival		2007	0	2	2
120	Wood Carving		2006	1	1	2
121	Woodwork		2003	1	0	1

Notes: BOOKS IN BOLD are Eagle required merit badges.

Shaded rows: No book exists in Troop 843 library for that book

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