The Northwest Ohio Area 1 Envirothon returned to Allen County for a day of scientific challenges for high school students on Wednesday, April 24, at the shared Lima campus of The Ohio State University and Rhodes State College. 215 competitors were registered.
The Envirothon is a nationwide high school competition that takes place every year where students come together as school teams to compete in a scientific challenge testing their knowledge on four topics — soils, water, forestry, and a special topic that is different each year. The theme for this year’s competition is “Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future” and the 2024 scientific challenges are wildlife, forestry, aquatics, and soils.
Scientific challenges took place on campus in locations in and around the Ohio State Lima regenerative farm and prairie, and in the Tecumseh Natural Area.
Area 1 included schools from the following counties: Allen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Lucas, Marion, Morrow, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot. 2024 is the first year since the early 1990s that Allen County has hosted the Area 1 competition. The host agency is the Allen Soil and Water Conservation District.
The results of the 2024 Area 1 Envirothon are:
5th place (Alternate team for state competition): Ft. Jennings Team 2.
4th place: Port Clinton
3rd place: Hicksville
2nd place: Ft. Jennings Team 1
1st place: Tinora Team 1
31 teams competed in the event (including two advisor teams).
