Waubun team wins Envirothon
28 teams competed at the Minnesota State Envirothon at the Fergus Falls Prairie Center Monday, May 15th, including two teams from Waubun.
The Waubun Envirothon team of Tyson McArthur, Justice Alvarado, Logan Adams, Conner Adams and Aiala Zorroza placed first with 144 points.
The Waubun team of Kendra Syverson, Alaina Bevins, Abigail Baker, Leah Olson and Braxton Qual also competed at the state Envirothon. They scored 105.17 points, and had the second highest presentation.
The Envirothon tests the students’ knowledge of Wildlife/Laws and Acts of Congress, Aquatics/Wetlands, Soil and its Uses, Forestry and Current Events. Each of those categories have 25 questions that they answer as a team. They also have to organize and present a current issue/scenario that Minnesotans face. The presentation is worth 30 points. In this year’s scenario, teams had to research and develop recommendations for towns, homeowners, farmers and managing the various areas of the environment in a changing climate. A perfect score is 155. The first Waubun team scored 144. They also scored a perfect 30 on their presentation from all three judges. No other team scored a 30. The next closest cumulative presentation score was the second team from Waubun with a score of 28.6.
The Waubun team of Tyson McArthur, Justice Alvarado, Logan Adams, Conner Adams and Aiala Zorroza will represent Minnesota at the North American Envirothon at Mount Allison University in Tantramar, New Brunswick, Canada July 22-29th.
1st Place Waubun 144 points
2nd Place Hopkins 127.67 points
3rd Place Fergus Falls 126 Points
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