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 env-
ironment in five areas; aquatics, forestry, soils, wildlife,
and a current environmental
issue. Students from all five counties compete to win prizes,
scholarship money and
the opportunity to attend the New York State Envirothon held
in May of each year.
The
2012 competition will be taking place at the Friends of Rogers
Environmental Education Center in
Sherburne, New York
on April 25th and 26th.
THE 2011 CENTRAL NEW YORK ENVIROTHON
COMPETITION
CHENANGO COUNTY'S FIRST
PLACE TEAM
OTSELIC
HIGH SCHOOL!
The 2011 CNY Regional Envirothon was held on April 27th and 28th
at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah, 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, "" to several guest judges. The event was
a huge success and five teams advanced to the State Competition
held at Hobart William Smith Colleges in Penn Yan, New York.
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. The
University of North Carolina in Asheville will host the 2009 Canon
Envirothon from August 2nd to the 9th. 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
