Envirothon is an international environmental and natural resources high school competition held annually. This year 53 teams of students from across the United States, Canada and China in a week-long competition demonstrated their knowledge on soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry and wildlife management through written tests and hands on interactive stations. The teams also prepared oral presentations on this year’s current issue, “Agriculture and the Environment: Knowledge and Technology to Feed the World.”
The top three scoring teams were Virginia placed first, North Carolina placed second and Pennsylvania placed third. All three teams received cash prizes in the form of scholarships sponsored by Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer and processor. “Smithfield Foods is proud to support the NCF-Envirothon competition and award the next generation of natural resource professionals,” said Bill Gill, assistant vice president of sustainability for Smithfield Foods. “The dedication, passion and expertise of these high-schoolers is inspiring.”
The winning team members were:
- Rachel Smith
- Anna Song
- Audrey Root
- Lisa Small
- Joseph Kang
The team was coached by :
- Rebecca Elton
- Amanda Mullane
- Charlie Dubay
- Scott Thomas
In Virginia the Envirothon is run by the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and Virginia’s 47 local Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Each spring there are a series of regional competitions held by the Soil and Water Conservation Districts with help from our volunteers. For the last seven years Dominion Energy has been the primary sponsor of Virginia’s local, regional and statewide Envirothon with annual funding provided by its Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. The Jamestown High School team is supported locally by the Colonial Soil & Water Conservation District.
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