2006 Minnesota Envirothon

The 2006 Minnesota State Envirothon was held Wednesday, May 17, at Lake Bronson State Park.

Who won?
First place went to a team from Rushford-Peterson. Students representing Rushford-Peterson include: seniors Adam Norton, Matt Halverson, Jon O'Donnell, Charlie Foxx; and junior, Justin Brown. Advisor is Jordan Donnerbauer. Total score was 90.33. 

Second place went to a team from Benilde-St. Margaret’s (St. Louis Park), with a score of 85.67. Teams members include: Erica Eiden, Jennifer Brown, Katie Byers-Ferrian, Alex Cutchey, and Harry Niedermaier. Advisors are Patty and Keith Leiseth. 

Third place went to a team from Eastview High School (Apple Valley), with a score of 85. Team members include: Beth Weidenhaft, Brandon Boxler, Devin Tunseth, Alex Jaffe, and Brenna Callinan. Advisor is Jane Porterfield. 

Martin County West team took first place in the oral presentation.

Who participated? At the State event, 157 students (including alternates) were involved. Following were the 27 schools:

2006 State Envirothon Schools and Advisors

Area I
(Rydell National Wildlife Refuge competition)
Mahnomen High School (2 teams) (Teresa Norby, advisor)
Climax-Shelly High School (Karen Thoreson, advisor)

(Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge competition)
Tri-County High School, Karlstad, Minn. (Gary Taylor, advisor)
Stephen/Argyle High School, Stephen, Minn. (Garry Kotts, advisor)
Grygla High School (Tim Mostrom, advisor)

Area II
Breckenridge High School (2 teams) (Mike Boldnigh, advisor)
Dilworth Glyndon Felton High School, Glyndon, Minn. (Mike Anderson, advisor)

Area III
Two Harbors High School (3 teams) (Penny Jueneman, advisor)

Area IV
Eastview High School, Apple Valley, Minn. (Jane Porterfield, advisor)
Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park, Minn. (2 teams) (Keith and Patty Leiseth, advisors)

Area V
Worthington High School (2 teams) (Jeff Rogers, advisor)
Southwest Minnesota Christian High School, Edgerton, Minn. (Cal Hoekstra, advisor)

Area VI
Mankato East High School (2 teams) (Sue Pickus, advisor)
Martin County West, Sherburn, Minn. (LeeAnn Steen, advisor)

Area VII
Rushford Peterson High School (Jordan Donnerbauer, advisor)
Stewartville High School, (John Haug, advisor)
Cannon Valley Lutheran High School, Morristown, Minn. (Phil Carlson, advisor)

Area VIII*
Park Rapids High School (Kevin Young, advisor)
Clearbrook Gonvick Schools, Clearbrook, Minn. (Cathy Dickey, advisor)
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (Kyle Duclos, advisor)
*This was the first year for the Area VIII participation. Great job!!

How was participation at the regional events?

Area I (two events)
Lake Agassiz: 20 teams, 74 students
Rydell Refuge: 22 teams, 115 students
 
Area II
Prairie Wetlands Learning Center, Fergus Falls: 28 teams, 140 students

Area III
Cloquet Forestry Center: 36 teams, 166 students

Area IV
U of M Arboretum, Chanhassen: 30 teams, 150 students

Area V
Camden State Park, Lynd: 22 teams, 100 students

Area VI
Lake Hanska Park: 12 teams, 58 students

Area VII
Camp Winnebago: 21 teams, 105 students

Area VIII
Lake Bemidji State Park: 13 teams, 63 students

Total: 971 students for 2006 (2005 was 1,051)

Who were the oral presentation judges? Thanks to Ron Struss, U of M Extension Service; Maggie Leach, MPCA; Kay Cook, BWSR Board; Jim Pederson, Polaris Industries; Patti Johnson, Grygla High School; Kim Jenkins, Arctic Cat; Lori Becker, Crookston; Ken Pederson, Area I Director/East Polk SWCD; and Glen Kajewski, NRCS, Thief River Falls.

Who were the presenters? Thanks to Danni Halvorson and Wayne Goeken, Red River Watershed Management Board, Current Topic Station; Rod Heschke, Thief River Falls NRCS, and Don Barron, retired SCS, Soils Station; Darren Neuman, DNR Forestry, Grygla, and Amber Ellering, DNR Forestry, Warroad, Forestry Station; David Bennett, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Luther Newton, NRCS, Wildlife Station; Les Lemm, BWSR, Corryn Trask, Lake of the Woods SWCD, Nick Schlesser, DNR, and Shane Olson, Kittson, SWCD, Water Quality Station.

Who were the volunteers? Thanks to Holly Anderson, Kittson SWCD; MaryJo Anderson, BWSR; Nicole Bernd, West Polk SWCD; Karla Byklum, Marshall-Beltrami SWCD; Lance Crandall, DNR; Mary Jo Flemming, BWSR; Cheryl Green, Mahnomen SWCD; Tanya Hanson, Red Lake SWCD; Bonnie Hasbrouck, USDA; Jim Hest, Marshall-Beltrami SWCD; Dianne Hubbell, BWSR; Judy Johnston, Stevens SWCD; Jan Kaspari, Marshall County; Vicki Miller, Norman SWCD; Barb Molskness, Pennington SWCD; Tony Nordby, Marshall-Beltrami SWCD; Aaron Neubert, Mahnomen SWCD; Lisa Newton, Marshall-Beltrami SWCD; Joanne Quiner, Kittson SWCD; Cari Rebischke, NRCS; Cheryl Sistad, Marshall-Beltrami SWCD; Peggy Swart, Roseau SWCD; and Ralph Tuck, Root River SWCD.

Who sponsored the State Envirothon?
The 2006 Minnesota State Envirothon  received support from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Great River Energy, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota Association of Conservation Districts Employees, Canon U.S.A., Security State Bank of Warroad, Minnesota Deer Hunters Association-North Red River Chapter, Minnesota Deer Hunters-Thief River Falls, Arctic Cat, Central Boiler, Thrivent, Farm Credit Services Area I Envirothon Committee, Dalhgrens Sunflower Seed Company, Northern Plains Potato Growers, and Digi-Key.

When is the Canon Envirothon? The Rushford-Peterson team will represent Minnesota in the Canon Envirothon, hosted at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 23-29.

What if my school wants to participate in Area Envirothons? School advisors should first contact their local Soil and Water Conservation District office. There’s a link to SWCDs on this web site (click on home, and open the Local Government Directories link). Staff in these offices can direct callers to the local Envirothon coordinator.

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