

Envirothon
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All images and page background courtesy of Dan Haig and Luther Newton - USDA NRCS
2023 Roseau County Envirothon Sponsors
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Burkel Lumber & Hardware - $100
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Greenbush Veterinary Clinic, LTD - $75
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Security State Bank - $100
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Northern Resources Cooperative - $100
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Helgeson Funeral Homes - $100
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Citizens State Bank - $100
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Mattson Pharmacy, Inc - $50
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Central Boiler, Inc - $50
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Agassiz Insurance Group - $50
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Roseau / Warroad Eye Clinic - $50
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Roseau County Ford - $50
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Minnesota Deer Hunters Assn - Roseau River Chapter - $50
About the Envirothon
The Envirothon is a great outdoor experience for high school students to learn about natural resources. Emphasizing teamwork for success, four to five students in a team will answer 25 questions from each of the five stations, which include Soils, Wildlife, Forestry, Aquatics and the Current Events Station. The Current Event theme this year is "Water Resource Management: Local Control and Local Solutions". The teams also give an oral presentation on the current events problem.
The Envirothon is a favorite activity each year for students in Northwest Minnesota and most high schools in Roseau County participate. In our area, high school students from Roseau, Kittson, Marshall and Pennington Counties have participated. We expect over 400 high school students to be attending this year, counting all three Area 1 Envirothon competitions - Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (Middle River), Rydell National Wildlife Refuge (Erskine), and Prairie Wetlands Learning Center (Fergus Falls).
The Envirothon for Roseau, Marshall, Kittson and Pennington Counties will be held at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge on April 29. The winning team will advance to the State Envirothon that will be held on May 18 at the Itasca Biological Station within Itasca State Park.
The top three teams each receive a team trophy, and all team members and teacher receive medallions. The winner of the oral presentation receives small individual trophies for each team member, and sweatshirts are given to team members and teachers of winning teams. We provide coffee, juice, hot chocolate (weather dependent), muffins and donuts for everyone during registration, and lunch is provided consisting of a variety of subs, cookies, chips, pop, water, and milk.

Who helped?
Tons of people! Special thanks to the staff at Lake Bronson State Park. The staff from the participating SWCD’s – Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, and Kittson; NRCS staff, and staff from watershed districts, water planners, and MN DNR. Their help as presenters, judges and others working behind the scenes made this event possible. We couldn’t have done it without them all!!