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Envirothon Supporters

Thank you to those who donated to Envirothon in 2021!
  • Bob Warner, Warner Ranch
  • Republican River Watershed
  • Randy Randall
  • Fred Brooks
  • Rachel Theler
  • Helen Silver

A Brief History

Pennsylvania Leads the Way
In 1979, the Pennsylvania Soil and Water Conservation Districts created an “Environmental Olympics” competition as an approach aimed to encourage high school students to become interested in natural resource conservation and environmental issues. The Environmental Olympics, later shortened to Enviro-Olympics, quickly gained popularity as a hands-on outdoor competition designed to challenge and test each student’s knowledge of soils, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, and current environmental issues.

For nearly a decade, the Pennsylvania Enviro-Olympics program demonstrated its ability to promote environmental literacy and supplement education in grades 9-12. The program quickly grew in size to include participation by 40 conservation district teams at the 1987 Pennsylvania State Enviro-Olympics, providing greater visibility for the program and stimulating the interest of neighboring states.

In 1988 the program became known as the Envirothon. That year, teams from Ohio, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania competed at the first National Envirothon hosted and sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts.

Colorado Joins the Envirothon

Colorado Envirothon was established in 2012 by representatives of several agencies and organizations throughout Colorado, including the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts, West Greeley Conservation District, Future Farmers of America, and Colorado State Conservation Board. On May 5, 2013 Colorado held its first state competition.

Moving Towards Envirothon 2023

Due to the impacts of COVID on our students and teachers over the past two years, we have been meeting to discuss how to move forward in 2022. The decision was made to focus on a large outreach campaign throughout High Schools in Colorado in 2022.
Our focus will be on the importance of Envirothon and the pieces that make it happen, starting at the ground level with our AP Environmental Science Teachers. Our goal is to show the benefits of making this program part of their curriculum. Over the summer months we will be offering training and support to prepare teachers on how to develop a team that will be ready to compete in the 2023 state competition. 

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