Pennsylvania’s Envirothon representatives, a team from Penncrest High School in Media, Delaware County, captured sixth place at the 2004 North American Canon Envirothon competition held at Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, West Virginia.

The Pennsylvania Envirothon team scored 572.17 points out of a possible total of 700. Members of the team are: Paul Scherer, Brad Potter, Michelle Henry, Hope Walker, and Rogers Whittle. The team was coached by Mark Samilenko and Chrissa Kuntz.

High School students from 44 U.S. states and 7 Canada provinces convened July 26-31 to participate in North America’s largest high school environmental education competition. Participants learned about environmental issues affecting natural resources as they competed for awards in the 2004 Canon Envirothon.

Pennsylvania Envirothon teams have won first place in nine of the last 18 national Envirothon competitions and always placed in the top ten states/provinces competing.

Fifty-one teams, involving over 250 students competed in the 2004 Canon Envirothon for a share of the US $30,000 in college scholarships. Organized through the National Association of Conservation Districts, the competition tests teams on knowledge of soils/land use, forestry, aquatics ecology, wildlife and this year’s current issue of urban resource management in the urban environment.

Pennsylvania’s Envirothon would not be possible were it not for its host of sponsors, partners, and contributors – Pennsylvania’s sixty-six conservation districts, PA Association of Conservation Districts, State Conservation Commission, PA Department of Environmental Protection, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service, PA Fish and Boat Commission and PA Game Commission. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Nestle Water North America Inc., Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, and PA Department of Environmental Protection grant contributions. The PA Fish & Boat Commission and PA Game Commission provide grant funding to send Pennsylvania’s team to the Canon Envirothon competition.

8/13/2004