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Council 10 Envirothon Held
Fayette County Schools participated in the Council 10 Envirothon
competition on April 7th at Ballard Nature Center east of Altamont.
Council 10 is an association of five Soil & Water Conservation Districts
including Effingham, Jasper, Cumberland, Shelby and Fayette counties. Nineteen
5-member teams participated in the event this year. Fayette County schools had
seven teams present. Teams were tested in five different subjects dealing with
the environment: Soils, Aquatics, Wildlife, Forestry, and Protection of
Groundwater through Urban, Agricultural and Environmental Planning. Presenters
at each of the five stations were: Ken Gotsch, Soil Scientist with NRCS at
Soils, Jeremy Logan from the ACOE at Aquatics, Gary Potts, with the IDNR at
Wildlife, Mary Grapperhaus, also with IDNR at Forestry, and yours truly at
Groundwater. April weather is always pretty unpredictable, and the day of the
Envirothon we were supposed to have thunderstorms. But, luckily the rain held
off until after we had finished. Altamont High School Team #1 took top honors
for the contest, with St. Elmo Team #2 getting the highest score for Fayette
County schools. I think I must mention this every year, but this contest is a
good example of a bunch of different agencies working together to accomplish a
common goal: conservation education. It’s a general misconception that all
government employees don’t do anything or care about anything but their
paycheck. But most of the people working at the Envirothon didn’t have to be
there. They volunteered, and they did so because they felt the results – young
people with a better understanding of their environment – was worth the extra
effort.
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Tony Pals - Presentation of 5th Element Groundwater Quality and Quantity |
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Fayette County Winning Team - Adan Siebert, Meghan Evans, Bridgett Crockett, Deanna Keller, Lucas Mitchell, Brock Smith, Alternate |
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