The purpose of Envirothon is to provide environmental education to high school students and their adult advisors throughout the state of Michigan. Teams of five students and up to four alternate members study seven different subject areas throughout the year, in preparation for a statewide competition held annually. The teams are also required to complete a Community Outreach Project as part of the competition. The Michigan Envirothon program presents envirionmental education in a unique, motivating, and exciting way! The program emphasizes hands-on learning in the outdoors; field trips and one-on-one training with resource professionals is highly encouraged. Learning objectives are set forth for each of the subject areas, and resource professionals aid in preparing resource materials for teams to use in their studies. In the Community Outreach Project portion of the Envirothon, teams identify an environmental issue in their community and address that issue through hands-on problem solving and community education. Teams are encouraged to partner with resource agencies, local government, their schools and others to develop a strong and effective project.

Visit the Canon Envirothon website for information about the National competition!

The Lawton Hich School Envirothon team won the state competition which was held on May 3-4 at YWCA Camp Cavell in Lexington, MI.
Pictured to the left is the 2007 Lawton H.S. team, from left to right, Andrea Dustin (senior), Tim Lakovic (junior) and Perry Kuipers (senior). The team advisors are Kathy Sipes and Holly Visich.
Placing first in the State competition qualifies the team to move on to the National Canon Envirothon competition to be held July29-August 4, 2007 in Geneva, New York!

The Van Buren Conservation District would like to wish the Lawton team the very best of luck at the National competition, way to represent Van Buren County!