Kansas Envirothon

Envirothon is outdoor, environmental high school competition tests students' knowledge and skills in five content areas: 

• Soils
• Forestry
• Wildlife
• Aquatics
• Rangeland Management

Students are also challenged to explore a current issue, selected each year by the National Conservation Foundation – Envirothon Operating Committee.  Using the knowledge learned from the core five subject areas, teams address the assigned current issue.  Working as a unit, the team must analyze a given scenario, develop a plan of action to address it and then present their plan to a panel of judges for scoring. 

Dana Schmelzle, past Kansas Envirothon Chairperson, shared, “One of the great aspects of Envirothon is the problem solving. This is especially evident during the oral presentations given at the state competition. Each team is given a real-life scenario based on the current issue theme. The amount of research, cooperation, planning, and practice is always evident on the competition day.”

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