Scoutmaster Brian Reiners, of the North Star Council of the Boy Scouts of North America, worked hand in hand with Glup and other Fish and Wildlife Service staff to make this weekend-long event a reality. Reiners said that scouts are the perfect partner because, "Scouting is a conservation organization and we believe in putting the outing in ; This proposed merit badge is important because, "while we have other biology merit badges, we don't have anything that highlights the problem of invasive species as a centralized ; Photo by Tina Shaw/USFWS.

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