The Northwest Ohio Area 1 Envirothon was held April 23rd, 2014 at Auglaize Village & Historic Farm Museum, Defiance, OH. This year’s Envirothon was hosted by the Defiance Soil & Water Conservation District.
The Envriothon is a multi-disciplinary, environmental problem-solving program culminating in a series of annual competitions. Teams of five high school students (grades 9-12) train and compete in the area of soils, aquatics, wildlife, forestry, current environmental issues, and Sustainable Agriculture. These teams can compete at the regional state and national levels.
The Envirothon included 56 teams from the twenty counties of Northwest Ohio. Each team is scored in the above mentioned areas. Evergreen FFA 1 placed 5th with an average score of 56.6, Delta FFA-Silver Team placed 6th with an average score of 55.8 and the Delta FFA-Gold-team placed 9th with an average score of 53.4. The top placing team was Fort Jennings, Team 1 with an average score of 78.8. Other Fulton County teams represented were Evergreen FFA 2, Wauseon FFA-Team 1, and Wauseon FFA- Team 2.
In Ohio, the Envirothon continues to grow as more and more high school students take the opportunity to display their knowledge of the environment. Ohio’s Soil and Water Conservation Districts sponsor five Area Envirothons each year and welcome new high school students to join in this exciting and rewarding educational experience.