Carmichaels sweeps Greene County Envirothon
The 31st Greene County Envirothon competition was held at Hunting Hills on May 2. Fifty-five high school students from Greene County’s five school districts competed in this year’s event.
At the Envirothon, five-member teams participate in a series of field station tests that focus on five topic areas – soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife and environmental issues. The 2018 current environmental issue focused on the “Benefits of Grassland and Pastureland Management.”
Carmichaels Team 1 won this year’s competition with a score of 475 points out of a possible 500 points. Team members Christina Adams, Jacob Hair, Joey Kurincak, Ryan Swartz and Stephan Zacoi with team advisers Kevin Willis and Megan Patton will represent Greene County at the PA Envirothon, scheduled for May 22 and 23 at Susquehanna University and Camp Mount Luther.
Carmichaels Team 3, consisting of students Scott Adams, Anna Conard, Brady Jones, David Phillips and Katelyn Sinn with advisors Willis and Patton, earned second place with a score of 384 points.
The third-place team was Carmichaels Team 2, which included students Finn Dobosh, Elizabeth Matyus, Devin Sausberoy, Victoria Sullivan and Emily Zacoi with advisors Willis and Patton. The team earned 321 points.
The Greene County Envirothon is organized each year by the Greene County Conservation District and is funded through various donations and grants including EQT Foundation, Bankson Engineers, PA Envirothon, Hunting Hills, Dominion Energy and Direct Results. Each student on the winning team secured a $500 college scholarship funded by donations made by these organizations and the Greene County Conservation District.
Other partners of the event include Greene County Commissioners Blair Zimmerman, Dave Coder and Archie Trader; Phil Evans, Kimberlee Moninger and Mike Hamilton, U.S.D.A. NRCS; Russ Gibbs, State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry; Bill Wentzel, Greene County Conservation District; Chuck Kubasik, PA Department of Environmental Protection; Michelle Roupe, Farm Service Agency; and Brandon Bonin, PA Game Commission state game warden.
For information on the Greene County Envirothon, call the Greene County Conservation District at 724-852-5278.