A Jamestown High School team won first place in the 2019 National Conservation Foundation Envirothon, a high school competition Aug. 2 at North Carolina State University which focuses on environment and natural resources.
This year’s topic: Agriculture and the Environment: Knowledge and Technology to Feed the World.
“I’d like to congratulate the Jamestown team and all of the teams for their hard work and dedication,” said Steve Robinson, NCF’s chairman. “Their knowledge about environmental and natural resource issues, as well as their commitment to these areas, have shown me that the future of conservation is in good hands.”
Throughout the weeklong competition, students demonstrated their knowledge on soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry and wildlife management through written tests and interactive stations featuring North Carolina’s natural resources, according to an NCF news release.
In addition, 53 teams from the U.S., Canada and China competed for scholarship money and prizes. The Jamestown team received $15,000 for first place.
Officials at Jamestown High School were not immediately available for comment.
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