Outreach & Education | Regional Envirothon

2010 Envirothon

The Envirothon is a problem-solving, hands-on natural resources education program for high school students. Teams of five students work and study under guidance of local and regional natural resource professionals to hone their knowledge of Maryland's natural resources and conservation efforts. The structure of the Envirothon program also encourages development of students problem solving, communications, team building, and decision making skills.

The overall goal of the Envriothon program is to stimulate the interest of the high school aged students in our natural resources, and to motivate them so they will evolve into environmentally aware, action oriented adults. In order to achive this, students take an in-depth at five natural resource areas: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils, Wildlife and a fifth area that incorperates a current environmental issues that change each year.

This year the contest was held at Horn Point Environmental Center, Cambridge MD. All county winners designees will represent their respective county at the Maryland Envirothon June 24-25, 2010 held at William Schmidt Center in Prince George's County, Maryland. The national envirothon will be held at the University of California, Fresno, in Fresno, California from August 1-7, 2010.

This years county winners were:

Dorchester County - Cambridge-South Dorchester High School
Kent County - Kent County High School
Talbot County - Sts. Peter & Paul

Envirothon History

Year: 2009
Regional Location: Horsehead Environmental Center, Grasonville, MD
State Location: Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, MD

Year: 2008
Regional Location: Pickering Creek, Easton, MD
State Location: Harford Glen Environmental Center, Bel Air, MD

Year: 2007
Regional Location: Horn Point, Cambridge, MD
State Location: University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD