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CENTRAL NEW YORK REGIONAL ENVIROTHON

The Central New York Regional Envirothon is sponsored by the Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation Districts. The Envirothon is a two day competition designed to test students' knowledge of the environment in five areas; aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife, and a current environmental
issue. Students from all four counties compete to win prizes, scholarship money and the opportunity to attend the New York State Envirothon held in May of each year.

The 2013 competition will be taking place at the Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center in
Sherburne, New York
on April 24th and 25th.


THE 2012 CENTRAL NEW YORK ENVIROTHON COMPETITION

CHENANGO COUNTY'S FIRST PLACE TEAM: Greene Grizzlies
GREENE High School

 

The 2012 CNY Regional Envirothon was held on April 25th and 26th at the Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne, New York. . The students were tested in the five environmental categories and had the opportunity to present a solution to this year's oral presentation scenario entitled, "Low Impact Development" to several guest judges. The event was a huge success and fourteams advanced to the State Competition held at Hobart William Smith Colleges in Geneva. New York.

The Envirothon experience is a unique approach to environmental education combining the proven concepts of hands-on education with the excitement of a good competition and the fun of spending a day in the outdoors. The result is an effective educational took which will help our region's schools to nurture environmentally aware students and meet the immediate need to teach more environmental education. Winning teams will receive a $100.00 scholarship to the college or university of their choice.

The overall winner of the state competition will advance to the Canon Envirothon to compete against high school students from all around the United States and seven Canadian Provinces. For more information on the New York State Envirothon, you can visit www.nysenvirothon.net. For more information on the Canon Envirothon, visit www.envirothon.org.

The pictures above are examples of some of the props used to test students' knowledge in the five areas of study. In the first picture above (left side) students are being tested on the different soil horizons and their specific characteristics. The middle picture shows the wildlife station where students must identify animal species by the characteristics of their fur. The picture to the far right shows where students are tested on different soil textures.

DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS:
The five Soil and Water Conservation Districts donate their time to organize the CNY Envirothon. The operating expenses are covered by donations from local businesses, farms and various organizations. Likewise, the committee depends on others to volunteers during the event. The Soil and Water Conservation District are nonprofit organizations and through their Employees' Association have 501 (c)(3) status. Therefore, any contributions made to the Soil and Water Conservation District for the Envirothon are tax deductible. If you would like to make a donation or if you'd like more information on the event please send all correspondence to:

Chenango County SWCD
Attn: Vicki Reynolds
99 North Broad Street
Norwich, NY 13815

If you are making a donation, please indicate that it is for the CNY Regional Envirothon

Chenango County SWCD
 99 North Broad Street
Norwich, NY 13815
607.334.4632

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