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"When you try to change a single thing, you find it hitched to everything else in the universe..."
 
    John Muir

 

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Announcements

Training Manual
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 Aquatics link
AQUATIC
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Forestry link
FORESTRY
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  Soils link 
SOIL
SECTION

 Wildlife link
WILDLIFE
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 Special topic link
SPECIAL
TOPIC SECTION


Rules link
The Rules

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Your Comments

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Steering
Committee
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Arkansas Envirothon Educational Resource Materials

The AR Envirothon is an Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) sanctioned event!! (see http://www.ahsaa.org/activity/28/administrators under Non-athletic Sanctioned Events)


We are always in the process of updating these pages.
Please check the announcement page for recent postings.

Dates:

2014 Area Arkansas Envirothon Dates

bullet Central Area Contest - Thursday October 31st, Morrilton
bullet Northwest Area Contest - Thursday, October 24th, Mountain View Airport
bullet West Central Area Contest - To Be Announced, Mt. Magazine Visitor Center

2014 Arkansas State Envirothon Contest

Submission deadline for 2014 registration is SEPTEMBER 27TH.

ATTN COACHES: You must bring a release form for each team member to the state contest to be eligible for competition!!

bullet November 24-25, 2013, UCA, Conway
bullet Team Release Form (PDF)
bulletCode of Conduct Form (PDF)
bullet Registration Form (MSWord, PDF or online registration)

2013 Winners

First Place

Little Rock Central High School - Team #A

Group picture of Little Rock Central High School team A

"Congratulations to this team as the overall winner of the 2013 AR Envirothon. They will travel to Montana State University in Bozeman, MT August 4-9, 2013 to represent our state at the North American competition"

Second Place

Little Rock Central High School - Team #A

 

Group picture of Little Rock Central High School team A
Third Place

Mills Univeristy Studies High School - Team #A

 

Group Picture of Mills Univeristy Studies High School - Team #A
Fourth Place

Mountain View High School

Group Picture of Mountain View High School Team
Fifth Place

Booneville FFA High School Team

Group Picture of Booneville FFA High School Team

Topic Winners:

  • Aquatics: LR Central A
  • Forestry: Boonville FFA
  • Soils: LR Central B
  • Special Topic (3-way tie): LR Central A, Booneville FFA, Scranton
  • Oral Presentation: LR Central A

bulletHistory
bulletConcept
bulletObjectives
bulletHow it works.
bulletHow do I get more information?
bulletFact Sheet
bulletSample Tests, Problems & Oral Score Sheet

Team sponsors and coaches train and test students in five natural resource areas: soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife, and a current environmental issue such as wetlands management, groundwater, fire, or pesticides.

Envirothon teams, throughout the school year take an in depth look at wildlife, aquatic life, forestry, soils, and current environmental issues. The spirit of competition, which motivates athletes, drives successful businesses, and develops new ideas also motivates young citizens. In competing in the Envirothon, not only do students learn about their state's natural resources, problems and solutions, they also learn about team building, communications, and conservation partnerships.

The payoff for conservation districts, and all participating natural resource agencies or organizations, is a more aware and concerned citizenry in the future. The environment can only benefit from this educational effort. County and state competitors are restricted to students in grades 9-12. However, there is nothing in the by-laws that prevents school districts from establishing an environmental contests for all grade levels as training for the senior high competitions.

Each of the seven state conservation areas are eligible to enter teams of five students in the Arkansas Envirothon competition. The number of teams from an area that advance to the state competition will depend upon the level of interest/participation from each conservation area. As needed, the districts set up a local, area-level competition to decide which teams advance, with a maximum of 20 teams competing at the state level. A limit of two teams from a single school may advance to the state competition, which is generally held in November of each year. Students challenge their knowledge in a problem-solving competition that entails "hands on" involvement with natural resource information. The state competition is held over a period of two days. In addition to 5 written, field-station tests, which cover the 5 study areas, they must give an oral presentation, as a team, where they form possible solutions to a realistic environmental problem dealing with the current issue.

The overall winner of the state competition advances to the North American Envirothon, which is hosted by a different state or province each year.

Training Guidelines cover what you are expected to know at the International North American Envirothon competition.  The different sections contain the study materials.  If you have any suggestions or comments, please click on the Your Comment section below to let us know.

Make sure that you check out the Announcements page for the most recent Arkansas Envirothon News. 

 

For additional information about the Envirothon Program in Arkansas, contact:         

Debbie Moreland, Envirothon President
Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts
101 East Capitol, Ste. 350
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-2915
debbiepinreal@aol.com

 

The Envirothon Program is offered and operated on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or physical/mental challenges.

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