Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary offers a education and conservation program for Scouts of all ages! The Wolf Paw curriculum is comprehensive enough to meet boy scout and girl scout badge requirements, including the Boy Scouts’ Akela award and the Girl Scouts’ Animal Habitats, and Voices for Animals badges.

During the Wolf Paw program, Scouts will have an opportunity to learn about:

• The wolves and wolfdogs of SFWS

• Gray wolves (Canis lupus) and other wolf species

• Conservation and why it is important to protect natural resources

• The food chain

• The wolves and wolfdogs of SFWS and why they could not live in a wild habitat

• What habitats are suitable for wolves, focusing on the Yellowstone Wolf Project, the red wolves (Canis rufus) of North Carolina and the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction project

• How wolves help balance the ecosystems and habitats where they live, as demonstrated by the reintroduction of wolves to the Greater Yellowstone Area in 1995

• The myths surrounding wolves which led to their endangerment and their continued vilification by many people around the world

• The truth about wolf behavior and the benefits they provide to their environment

• The ways in which people in areas with wild wolf populations are learning to coexist with them, and protect both themselves and wolves