Two Teams from Waubun competed at the Minnesota State Envirothon, along with 27 other schools who qualified through regional event,. at the Fergus Falls Prairie Center Monday, May 15th.
The Waubun Envirothon team of Tyson McArthur, Justice Alvarado, Logan Adams, Conner Adams and Aiala Zorroza placed first. 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 these categories will 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. They 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 other 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.
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.
1st Place Waubun 144 points
2nd Place Hopkins 127.67 points
3rd Place Fergus Falls 126 Points