Event Information

4-H Advisors

All participants and team advisor must be enrolled as a club in your county through 4-H Online. 

FFA Advisors:

The Utah Envirothon serves as the Utah FFA Association State Environmental and Natural Resources CDE. The highest ranking FFA team will represent the Utah FFA Association in the National FFA Environmental and Natural Resources CDE at the 2018 National FFA Convention. The team members competing at the National FFA Convention qualify for State Winner Travel Assistance funds, just as all othe CDE winners.

Please be aware that the Envirothon allows 5 member teams and the National FFA CDE only allows a four member team. Our FFA state rules specify that “Only four members of the state winning team will be eligible to compete in the National CDE. The fifth member of the Envirothon team is not eligible to compete in future State Environmental and Natural Resources competitions.”

The Utah Envirothon is recognized as a FFA State Career Development Event but is not planned, supervised or administered by the Utah FFA Association.

Resources

 Below you will find helpful resources for preparing your team to compete at the Utah Envirothon.

About Us

Originating in 1979, the “Environmental Olympics”  first event was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts and included three conservation districts. By 1988, the idea caught on and the first national competition was held.

Today the program has grown to include approximately 55 states and Canadian provinces and is North American’s largest high school environmental competition.

Utah held its first annual Envirothon in 1998, thanks to the Utah Association of conservation Districts, which agreed to commit annual seed money and staff support. Each year the statewide competition is held in the spring.

National Events & Programs

International Conservation Foundation Envirothon - www.envirothon.org

The NCF-Envirothon Competition is an annual event which winning teams from participating states and Canadian provinces compete for recognition and scholarships by demonstrating their knowledge of environmental science and natural resource management. The competition is centered on four universal testing categories (i.e., soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, and wildlife) and a current environmental issue.

The Envirothon program is an effective educational tool, capable of supplementing environmental education both inside and outside the classroom. Led by a volunteer advisor, teams usually meet from late autumn until spring. Teams work collaboratively to develop their knowledge of ecology and natural resource management and to practice their environmental problem-solving skills in preparation for Envirothon competitions.

National 4-H Foresty Invitational - http://4hforestryinvitational.org/

The National 4-H Forestry Invitational is the national championship of 4-H forestry.The purpose of the invitational is to develop an appreciation for the importance of conserving forestland as a source of products, benefits, and services necessary for quality living. 4-H foresters learn citizenship and leadership skills as well as practical forest management skills through participation in three days of competition at the 4-H Forestry Invitational; consequently, young people will be better prepared to own forestland or deal with environmental issues in the future.

* Note this event is only open to 4-H Teams

Skills and knowledge events include:

• Tree Measurement

• Tree Identification

• Forest Evaluation

• Compass Orienteering

• Topographic Map Use

• Forest Insect and Disease Identification

• Forestry Bowl

• Forestry Written Exam

 

FFA Environmental and Natural Resources CDE - www.ffa.org

Individual and team activities in the Environmental and Natural Resources CDE include a national and global issues interview; environmental and natural resources problem solving; soil tests and profiles; air and water analysis; GPS use; waste management; and more.

*Note: This event is open to FFA members only

 

• 4 Participants per team 

• Information on Utah CDE - click here

 

Wildlife Habitat Education Program - https://www.whep.org/ 

WHEP is a hands-on environmental education program. WHEP also provides participants an opportunity to test their wildlife knowledge in a friendly competition, as each state supporting WHEP conducts an annual contest where teams of 3-4 similarly aged individuals gather. The winning high school senior (ages 14-19) WHEP team from each state earns the right to attend the annual National WHEP Contest, typically held the last full week of July. The national contest moves to a different state each year. 

* Note this event is only open to 4-H or FFA members

• Studying a science-based manual, participants: 
• Learn wildlife terms and concepts
• Learn about wildlife habitat
• Learn how to judge the quality of wildlife habitat
• Learn about wildlife habitat management practices
• Learn about wildlife damage management