envirothon

West Virginia will host its state-wide Envirothon competition April 21-22, 2022 at Cacapon Resort State Park. Teams compete at the state level with the first place winning team automatically advancing to the NCF-Envirothon competition. Students compete for over $14,000 in scholarship funds in addition to monetary prizes for highest placing teams for station awards. For…… Continue reading →

Erin Hines is just one of hundreds of thousands of students whose life has been forever positively impacted through the National Conservation Foundation (NCF)-Envirothon. Like the thousands of high school students who compete each year, Hines understands the vast impacts of the international natural resource competition. These individuals gain an understanding of the complexities of balancing quality of life with conservation…… Continue reading →

By Sunni Heikes-Knapton, NACD Northern Plains Region Representative Sometimes long roads are metaphorical, and sometimes they are literal. During the last days of April, both kinds of roads were a theme for a group of Montanans who gathered in Lewistown. Brought together by a keen interest in natural resource education, the assembly was part of…… Continue reading →

By Carly Burton I recently had the opportunity to travel to Pocatello, Idaho: the location of the 2018 NCF-Envirothon competition. Pocatello is a city sprinkled with hills (and mini-volcanoes that still steam!) nestled between mountains and flat farmland. It shares a portion of its land with the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and is known as…… Continue reading →

by Sara Kangas Teamwork and community partnerships have propelled a team of high schoolers in Oklahoma to the highest levels of the international Envirothon competition. Led by veteran adviser Connie Taylor, the Ninnekah High School’s team triumphed in March at this year’s state competition in Ardmore, Oklahoma, hosted by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. “I’ve…… Continue reading →