Fillmore Soil and Water
     Conservation District
     507-765-3878

     900 Washington St. NW
     Preston, MN 55965

Envirothon

The Envirothon consists of five outdoor learning stations including soils, wildlife, water resources, forestry and current environmental issues.  Teams include three to five high school students that compete on the environmental subjects.  Each team has approximately 25 minutes at each station where they work together to answer the questions asked by the natural resource professional.  Each team is also responsible for a ten minute oral presentation about the current environmental issue.

The Area VII Envirothon is sponsored by the eleven county SE Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Districts (Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore, Houston, Winona, Olmsted, Dodge, Rice, Wabasha, Goodhue and Steele.)  The top three teams compete at the state level and then the top team at the state will compete at the national level.

The 2011 Area VII Envirothon was held at Chester Woods County Park near Rochester, Minnesota on Thursday, May 5th.  Only eight teams participated this year. The Zumbrota/Mazeppa #2 team placed first, the Goodhue #2 team placed second and the Medford #1 team placed third.

         

Fillmore County Contact:  Rick Grooters - Telephone 507-765-3878 Extension 3