The Bad Birches will represent Pike County at State Envirothon

The Earthlings from Honesdale High School, in the Wayne Highlands School District, are the overall winners of the 2021 Pike/Wayne Envirothon.

Second place went to The Bad Birches of Wallenpaupack Area High School.

The 34th annual Pike/Wayne Envirothon was held virtually on April 15 over Zoom.

The Earthlings will be representing Wayne County at the State Envirothon Competition. The state competition will also be held virtually this year, over several days in May of this year.

The highest-scoring team for Pike County, The Bad Birches, will also be participating in the state competition, representing Pike County.

Envirothon is a one-day educational competition designed to test the knowledge, skills, and problem-solving capabilities of high school students regarding our earth’s natural resources. This year’s event included teams from Honesdale, Wallenpaupack, and Western Wayne high schools.

Each five-member team competed by applying their knowledge and problem-solving skills in subject areas that included: Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife, and a Current Issue, which was Water Resource Management: Local Control and Local Solutions.

The Envirothon is coordinated by the Pike and Wayne County Conservation Districts. For more information, call the Pike County Conservation District office at 570-226-8220 or the Wayne district at 570-253-0930.