On May 12, the Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District (MCSWCD) hosted four local high schools at Monroe County’s Ellison Park for their 30th annual Envirothon educational competition event.
The Envirothon is an annual outdoor, environmental education competition for high school students. Teams of five compete against each other to demonstrate their knowledge in five core topics: wildlife, aquatics, forestry, soils, and a current issue, which is selected at a national level each year. This year’s current issue topic is Waste to Resources.
This year 11 teams, comprised of over 50 students, from Brighton High School, Brockport High School, Eastridge High School, and Honeoye Falls-Lima High School competed against each other for the chance to go to the NYS Envirothon. Team Apes from Brockport High School took first place. They represented Monroe County at the New York State competition that was held on the campus of Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva on May 25 and 26, finishing sixteenth out of 35 participating counties.
Students used learned knowledge, critical thinking, and their surroundings to have the best chance at victory, along with helping prepare them for future environmental careers and gain an appreciation for each environmental topic.
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