Birch bark harvest - PEM BB woodland.straw.birchbark

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEM curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Woodland Care.

Many useful objects can be made from birch bark.  It's waterproof and takes forever to rot.  There's a short season to harvest it so let's go get some birch bark!

 


Here's one way to do it:


More info on responsibly harvesting birch bark:
How to harvest birch bark without killing the tree

Minimum requirements:
  - Harvest 32 square feet of birch bark
  - From live or recently dead tree
  - Use immediately or
  - Store properly by rolling white side in and perpendicular to the curve of the bark (up or down the tree)

Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - A tree you're harvesting from
  - Same tree after harvesting
  - Birch bark laid out to measure or tree math to show 32 square feet
          - Tree math = circumference x length of piece added up among all the pieces
  - Stored birch bark