NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Vol. 40, No. 337
For more information, contact Michelle Jacobs, Community Relations Officer, 302-535-7627, or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Preparations for the 16th Annual Delaware Envirothon are underway
DOVER (Sept. 30, 2010) – The 16th season of the Delaware Envirothon, sponsored by the Delaware Association of Conservation Districts, will begin with its first training workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Blackbird State Forest, just north of Smyrna. The second training workshop will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Service (Paradee Building), in Dover. The final training workshop will be held on Saturday, January 22, 2011, at the St. Jones Reserve in Dover.
The Delaware Envirothon provides challenging environmental education and hands-on instruction, correlated to state education standards, to participating teams of high school age students. Throughout the year students learn about the resource topics of Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife, and a fifth topic that changes each year. The topic for 2011 is Salt and Freshwater Estuaries.
During the spring competition, which will be held in New Castle County on Thursday, April 14, 2011, students will be tested on their knowledge of the natural resource topics. Additionally students must prepare an oral presentation to provide an answer for the given scenario based on the resource topics. Teams will be competing in the Delaware Envirothon to receive college scholarships and to represent Delaware at the 2011 Canon Envirothon next summer in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
“Five students from the Charter School of Wilmington recently returned from Fresno, California, where they represented Delaware in the Canon Envirothon. Delaware came in second place out of teams from 45 other states and nine Canadian provinces,” said Michelle Jacobs, chair of the Delaware Envirothon planning committee. “We’re excited to begin preparations for the 2011 competition and we are looking for additional students and adults from across the state interested in environmental education and stewardship and becoming involved with the Delaware Envirothon. Boy Scout troops, Girl Scout troops, and 4H clubs are welcome to participate.”
To register for the workshops or to receive more information about the program, contact Kerin Hume at 302-741-2600. Additional information about the Delaware Envirothon can also be found on their website at www.delawareenvirothon.org.
