I was a junior at the Rosemount High School in Minnesota when I started this project and now currently a senior.  This project is to earn my Girl Scout Gold Award from Girl Scouts River Valley of Minnesota.  The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting.  On the path towards the Gold Award, girls channel their passions to identify an issue, use their vision to find a solution, and establish a network to complete a sustainable project that will make a lasting impact in their communities and beyond.  Throughout my Girl Scout experience, I have also participated in a number of community service projects, Take Action projects and have also earned both my Girl Scout Bronze and Silver Awards. 

The Girl Scout Gold Award acknowledges the power behind each Gold Award Girl Scout's dedication to making the world a better place.  This project is to build courageous leaders and visionary change-makers. 

The BEE the Fight!  Project BEE Population is...

My Gold Award Project has some key elements I must address.  

What is the Root Cause?

The root cause I plan to take is bee habitat loss, a significant threat to bee populations worldwide.  From residential expansion, thousands of bee species are suffering a population decline and hundreds are at risk of extinction.

What is the national and/or global link to my project?

My project will include me collecting data and photos of my bee habitats I will place in my community and upload them on a naturalist app, which will be available to more than one million scientists, researchers and naturalists.

How will I show leadership?

I plan to engage and use my leadership skills to teach and encourage others to help protect the declining bee population, through leading a group of volunteers in building bee habitats and meetings with local Girl Scout troops.

How will the Project Bee Population be Sustainable?

It will be sustainable though community education through this website, encouraging city residents to build bee habitats and place them throughout the community, ask residents to plant native bee plants and participate in "No Mow May".  I will also encourage local Girl Scout troops to continue my project year-after-year in maintenance of the bee habits I have place in Carroll's Woods & Schwartz Pond. 

And, finally how can I measure the impact?

A team of volunteers will help make 12 bee habitats that will be placed throughout Carroll's Woods & Schwartz Pond in the spring of 2023. I will also be conducting monthly research throughout the year on these 11 bee habitats to ensure the success of bee population.  I will also be tracking the website data analytics, as well as asking future Girl Scout troops to continue on with this project year-after-year.