Press release and staff report
A total of 46 teams of high school students from Northwest Ohio competed at the Ohio Area 1 Envirothon, held at the Hardin County on Wednesday April 26, 2017.
The competition ended with Wynford students placing 1st. The team consisted of Luke Scott, Aaron Hand, Ethan Stuckey, Annika Gerlach, and Kymber Sand. Wynford earned the honor to now compete at the Ohio State Envirothon June 12th-13th, 2017 which will be held at Ohio Christian University, Pickaway County.
Crawford County was represented with two teams from Wynford, the second Wynford team placed 11th. Only the top four teams from each of the five Area Envirothon competitions across the state continue to the state competition.
The Envirothon is a multi-disciplinary, environmental problem solving competition hosted by Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Teams of four to five high school students train and compete in soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife, and current environmental issues.