The Bellefontaine High School Envirothon team of Jacob Shell, Olivia Eader, Ben Sailors, Dustin VanBuskirk and Evan Kauffman have qualified for the state Envirothon contest after placing third in the preliminary competition.
The top six teams in the state will now develop a five-minute presentation to be judged virtually and a final winner in the state will be selected from those entries.
Envirothon, sponsored by the Soil and Water Conservation District, is an outdoor academic environmental competition for high school students.
BHS had two teams participate in Envirothon this year. Due to the unusual circumstances, the typically hands-on event was moved to a virtual platform. The preliminary competition online test consisted of 100 questions, covering the five resource areas of: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils, Wildlife and this year’s Current Environmental Issue: Water Resource Management.
The Envirothon students are advised by Kristy Mount.