Southwest Gulf Coast Regional Envirothon

          The Envirothon is an academic challenge for high school students that educates, creates partnerships, and promotes teamwork as students learn about the interdependencies of our environment. This challenge began as an "Environmental Olympics” competition in Pennsylvania in 1979 and has been adopted in over 53 states and provinces since then. The Florida Envirothon, founded in 1992, has captured the support of educators, public agencies and corporations. This competitive program is the only "hands-on" educational program that involves team problem-solving in five natural resource areas: aquatics, soils, wildlife, forestry, and a current environmental issue. The Southwest Gulfcoast Envirothon is held at Caloosahatchee Regional Park in Alva.

represents the state of Florida at the Canon  International Envirothon, which is held in a different state or Canadian province each year. To learn more about the Southwest Gulfcoast Envirothon, please visit http://www.highlandsswcd.org and click on the envirothon link.  To learn more about the Canon  International Envirothon, this year’s current

issue, or this year’s national location, please visit this website: www.envirothon.org.

Current Issue (Changes each year)

The most successful teams at the Envirothon are teams in which all members participate and all members have knowledge about the five categories.

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