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Welcome
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2025 Arkansas State Envirothon Contest
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Mail or fax registration form and $100 registration fee to
Delia Haak
20083 Dawn Hill East Rd
Gentry, AR 72734
Registration Form (PDF) | |
The winning team will receive the following prizes:
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2024 National Envirothon Winning Teams
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.
History | |
Concept | |
Objectives | |
How it works. | |
How do I get more information? | |
Fact Sheet | |
Sample 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 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 4 written,
field-station tests, which cover the 4 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
Envirothon, which is hosted by a different
state or province each year.
Training Guidelines cover what you are expected to know at the International 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.
Sponsors
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission |
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts |
Natural Resources Conservations Services |
Arkansas Forestry Commission |
Arkansas Urban Forestry Council |
Arkansas Division Ouachita Society of American Foresters. |
Arkansas Environmental Federation |
Arkansas Soil Classifers |
Ouachita Society of American Foresters |
Soil and Water Conservation Society Razorback Chapter |
Weyerhaeuser |
For additional information about the Envirothon Program in Arkansas, contact:
Delia Haak, Ed.D Arkansas Envirothon Coordinator
ArkansasEnvirothonCoodinator@gmail.com
479-238-4671
Debbie Moreland, Arkansas Association Conservation District Director
debbiepinreal@aol.com
501-425-2891
How do I get more information?
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.