Lakeland, Adams Central Advance to State Envirothon
Published: Friday, March 23, 2018
Last Thursday, the Northeast Regional Envirothon was held at the Peabody Library in Columbia City. The event was hosted by the Soil and Water Conservation Districts of DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben and Whitley counties.
The Indiana Envirothon promotes environmental education to high school students. The goal is to raise awareness of the importance of achieving and maintaining a natural balance between the quality of life and of the environment. In-class curriculum is combined with hands-on field experience to demonstrate the role people have in important environmental issues. Envirothon is an exciting, fun way for high school students to learn about the environment and the issues facing current and future generations.
At the Envirothon contest students listen to presentations covering five subjects: soil/land use, aquatic ecology, wildlife, forestry and a current environmental issue, which changes each year. This year's current Environmental issue was "Pasture Management: Balancing Agriculture, Conservation and Wildlife." After the presentations, a standard test is given over the subject material is administrated to students which is completed cooperatively by the members of the team. A team consists of five students.
This year's winner was a team from Lakeland High School. The second-place team was from Adams Central High School. Adams Central also placed third.
The top two winning teams from each regional contest are invited to complete at the state level
on April 25 at Beck Agricultural Center in West Lafayette.
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