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2022 merit badge rankings: A new chart-topper emerges

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Let’s take a look at what changed, what stayed the same and what took the prize as our most highly earned merit badge of last year.

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With a winter storm on the way, check out five Boy Scout merit badge books to help you get through unscathed.

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Aaron Derr

Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


Michael Freeman

Michael Freeman, an Eagle Scout, is an associate editor of Scout Life and Scouting magazines.


Bryan Wendell

Bryan Wendell, an Eagle Scout, is the founder of Bryan on Scouting (now Aaron on Scouting).

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