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AUGUSTA – The Green Team from Spruce Mountain High School, in Jay, won the Maine Envirothon state competition, held June 3, at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Nature Center.
Sponsored by the Maine Association of Conservation Districts, the Maine Envirothon is an all-day event of natural resource test stations, including Forestry, Wildlife, Soils and Aquatics, as well as a a Current Issue competition. This year’s Current Issue was Waste to Resources.
The Spruce Mountain Green Team will represent Maine at the National Conservation Federation Envirothon competition in late July at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and will include teams from across the U.S., Canada and China.
The Black Team from Spruce Mountain came in second and Mount Ararat Team 1 placed third on June 3.
Teams competed at five different test sites scattered throughout the wooded and wetland area of the Nature Center. Each of the challenging tests is scored on a 100-point scale, with the most cumulative points winning.
PHOTO: The Green Team from Spruce Mountain High School, winner of the Maine State Envirothon, includes Leah Burgess, Liz Grondin, Abrahm Geissinger, Owen Schwab and Dan Wilson and advisors Ron Taylor and Ken Baker. (Submitted photo)
