NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

ENVIROTHON

Develop Tomorrow’s Informed Leaders. Educate Future Resource Stewards. Promote Sustainable Development.

PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

THE OPPORTUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY

The 2010 NL Envirothon (Lion Max Simms camp, Bishop’s Falls, NL, May 13-15) was attended by 80 people. The 2010 NL Envirothon received media coverage in the Western Star, Corner Brook Café (Rogers TV) and K-Rock/VOCM (radio) NL Envirothon 2009 received financial and in-kind support from Gov-ernment Departments, Corporations/businesses and not-for-profit or-ganizations The Newfoundland and Labrador Envirothon (NL Envirothon) began with one team travelling to Acadia University to participate in the Canon Envirothon in 2000. By 2010, we had a provincial competition with 8 teams from 6 High Schools across NL! Since 2000, the province has been represented each summer at the North American Envirothon competitions across Canada and USA Envirothon Competitions are held annually in 51 states and provinces across North America, reaching over half a million teenagers on the continent In Canada, the Envirothon program reaches over 20,000 students in 9 prov-inces and 1 territory The 2010 Canon Envirothon was held at the Fresno State University in Fresno, California. Newfoundland and Labrador was represented by a team from Corner Brook Regional High School, Corner Brook, NL. More than 265 teenagers competed in 2010 Canon Envirothon, and with judges, teachers and other participants, the total number of people in atten-dance was over 400

Be a partner in one of the largest High School Environ-mental Education Competitions in North America!

Participants in NL Envirothon 2010 at Lion Max Simms

NEWFOUNDLAND &

LABRADOR

ENVIROTHON

PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

By being a financial or in-kind contributor to Newfoundland and Labrador Envirothon you will:

Support Environmental Educa-tion and Stewardship among

High School students in the province Promote the development of In-formed Leaders and Natural Re-source Managers for this prov-ince’s future Gain local and provincial media coverage as a partner in a well recognized competition Display your organizational logo on NL Envirothon T-shirts, ban-ner, promotional materials and event booklet Be part of a program that reaches over half a million teen-agers throughout North America

For More Information: Model Forest of Newfoundland and Labrador PO Box 68 Corner Brook NL A2H 6C3 Ph. (709) 637-7300 Fax. (709) 634-0255

Develop Tomorrow’s

Informed Leaders

Educate Future

Resource Stewards

Promote Sustainable

Development

Create Community

Awareness

2010 SPONSORS/ SUPPORTERS

Benefits Platinum

$1,500

plus

Gold

$1,000-

$1,499

Silver

$500-

$999

Bronze

$100-

$499

Logo on T-Shirts

Link on NL Envi-rothon website

Advertisement in Event Booklet

NL Envirothon T-Shirt(s)

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Invitation to Awards Ceremony

Invitation to

present award

Certificate of Appreciation

Logo in Western Star Feature (post event; logo sized according to partnership level)

Logo on event Banner

Full Page advertise-ment in Event booklet

PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS NL ENVIROTHON 2011

Right to Title for

NL Envirothon

($10,000 annually) Title sponsors receive all benefits listed to the left plus the following:

Right-to-title and exclusive promotion before and dur-ing the event

Recognition as title

sponsor in all media coverage of the event

Front and back coverage in event booklet

Largest logo and prime logo placement on T-shirts, banner etc.

Logo in pre and post event advertising

For More Information: Model Forest of Newfoundland and Labrador, Ph. (709) 637-7300

WHAT IS ENVIROTHON?

NL Envirothon is an environmental education competition for youth that raises awareness

of environmental issues through hands-on learning and outdoor competitions in five subject areas:

Aquatic Ecology Forestry Soils and Land Use Wildlife Current Environmental Issue

selected annually.

NL Envirothon competition usually takes place over two days at a conference centre in the

province. Day one is devoted to field testing and preparation of oral presentations and day two to oral presentations and final judging to determine winning teams. NL Envirothon is open to young people enrolled in Levels 1, 2 and 3, and youth of eligible

age who are members of community groups with an environmental focus. Students from a school's junior high feeder school may be eligible to compete. NL Envirothon members work as a team on all tests at the event. Field tests are completed

as a team and oral presentations require participation from all team members. It is a great team-building experience! NL Envirothon encourages young people to learn more about the environment both in and

out of the classroom. In a group setting, participants learn from one another, from resource professionals, and from nature itself. Winners of the provincial competition will be presented with the opportunity to compete in

the Canon Envirothon held in a different state/province each summer. For more information about the North American Competition, see www.envirothon.org For more information, contact

The Model Forest of Newfoundland and Labrador PO Box 68, Corner Brook, NL, A2H 6C3 Phone (709) 637-7300 Fax (709) 634-0255

COMPETITION STRUCTURE

Every province and/or state has their own way of conducting Envirothon competitions. The com-petition structure is determined by the provincial Envirothon Committee dependant on factors including location, time frame, number of teams and number of judges. The following is the structure adopted by the NL Envirothon Committee but may be altered at any time at the discre-tion of the Organizing committee:

Field Testing Teams compete a 15 minute field test in each of the 5 subject areas: Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Soils/Land Use, Wildlife, Current Environmental Issue. Teams rotate around the field test station to complete their tests, usually during the first morning of competition. Where possible, field tests will be set up so that only one team competes at each station. However, there may be times when teams will be complet-ing a field station at the same time. Field tests are marked out of 100 so that a total score out of 500 is given for this component of NL Envirothon.

Scenario Preparation Teams have a length of time (usually 3-4 hours, depending of scheduling) to prepare a response to the scenario based on the current Environmental issue. The teams are isolated from their teachers/coaches under supervision and are given all the required materials for the preparation of their oral presentation. A list of materials supplied for this are given in the Appendix. Teams may provide their own snacks for this scenario preparation time, however, all notes, printed materials, electronic devices, pens etc. are prohibited. At the end of the sequestering, all items supplied to the teams will be collected and stored until just prior to their oral presentation on the second day of Competition

Oral Presentations On the second day of competition, teams will be required to give their oral presentations to the panel of judges. The highest scoring teams are usually required to give their presentations a second time to the full panel of judges. This enables the other teams to experience a high quality presentation and also al-lows all the judges to assess the oral presentations. The teams chosen to present again are placed in a separate room while the other team is presenting to be fair to all teams. The scores obtained by the team in this second round is added to their original oral presentation score and divided by 2 so that an average is obtained. The Oral Presentation component of NL Envirothon is marked out of 200.

Awards Ceremony At this final event of NL Envirothon, awards are given in the following areas:

Overall Winner—Team with the highest score out of 700 (500 for field testing plus 200 for oral presentation)

Highest Score in each Field Test

Highest Score on the Oral Presentations

Dr. Neal Simon Team Spirit Award

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HISTORY OF NL ENVIROTHON

NL Envirothon began in 2000 with one team from Regina High School in Corner Brook, under the guidance of teacher-advisor Cecil Lake, participating in the Nova Scotia Envi-rothon in Port Hawkesbury and the Canon International Envirothon at Acadia University. In 2001, as a pilot project, the Western Newfoundland Model Forest and School District #3 hosted a regional Envirothon competition in Corner Brook with three teams from Regina High School in Corner Brook and one team from Elwood High School in Deer Lake. The event has grown significantly over the years and the 2009 event involved 10 teams from 9 schools across the prov-ince. Since the inception of NL Envirothon, the event has been held on the west coast of the island except for the 2004 event which was held at the MUN campus in St. John’s and the 2005 Envirothon which was held at Lav Rock Centre just outside of St. John’s. The 2009 was the first Envi-rothon held in central Newfoundland.

Year NL Envirothon Location

Number Teams

Winning Team Canon Envirothon

2000 Team traveled to Nova Scotia

1 Regina High School, Corner Brook

N/A

2001 Corner Brook 4 Elwood High School, Deer Lake

Jackson, Mississippi

2002 Corner Brook 5 Regina High School, Corner Brook

Amherst, Massachusetts

2003 Corner Brook 6 Regina High School, Corner Brook

Mount Saint Mary’s College, Maryland

2004 St. John’s 7 Elwood High School, Deer Lake

Buckhannon, West Virginia

2005 Lav Rock 7 Elwood High School, Deer Lake

Springfield, Missouri

2006 Killdevil Conference Centre

7 Regina High School, Corner Brook

Winnipeg, Manitoba

2007 Killdevil Conference Centre

9 Elwood High School, Deer Lake

Geneva, New York State

2008 Killdevil Conference Centre

11 Corner Brook Regional High School

Flagstaff, Arizona

2009 Lion Max Simms Camp—Bishop Falls

10 Elwood High School, Deer Lake

Asheville, North Carolina

2010 Lion Max Simms Camp—Bishop Falls

8 Corner Brook Regional High School

Fresno, California

HISTORY OF CANON ENVIROTHON

In 1979, the Pennsylvania Soil and Water Conservation Dis-tricts created an "Environmental Olympics" as a way to encour-age high school students to become interested in natural re-source conservation and environmental issues and ca-reers. The Environmental Olympics, later shortened to Enviro-Olympics, quickly gained popularity as a hands-on outdoor competition designed to challenge and test students knowledge of soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife and current

environmental issues.

The program grew rapidly and involved 40 conservation district teams at the 1987 Pennsylvania State Enviro-Olympics, provid-ing greater visibility and stimulating interest from neighboring

states.

In 1988 the program became known as the Envirothon. Teams from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Massachusetts competed in the first "National Envirothon." The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts hosted the event. Subsequently, Mas-sachusetts, Ohio, and Maine hosted the annual "National Envi-rothon," and in 1992 the first Canadian team (from Nova Sco-tia) participated in the competition, hosted by Maryland's Envi-

rothon Committee.

Historically, Envirothon funding came from local conservation districts, state conservation committees, state, federal and pro-vincial conservation organizations, and provincial forestry asso-ciations. In 1997 Canon U.S.A., Inc. began supporting the En-virothon program and in 1999 became the title sponsor. The

program currently operates under the name Canon Envirothon.

For more information, visit www.envirothon.org

The Canon Envirothon is governed by the Canon Envirothon Comm

2010 Winners of Dr. Neal Simon Award: “NCIS”, Elwood High School

TEAM SPIRIT AWARD

The Dr. Neal Simon Team Spirit Award is given to a team that displays good sportsmanship, team-work and spirit during NL Envirothon competition. This award was instituted by the Model Forest of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007 in memory of Dr. Neal Simon, the special topic judge at the 2006 NL Envirothon. Dr. Neal Simon was born in Labrador City on De-cember 30, 1973. He worked with the NL Depart-ment of Natural Resources as Regional Ecologist for Labrador. He held a B.Sc. from Memorial Uni-versity with a major in ecology and evolution and a minor in statistics, and M.Sc. in Forestry and Envi-ronmental Management from the University of New Brunswick. He completed his Ph. D. in this same faculty in 2006. Neal was NL Envirothon’s theme judge in 2006 and was an enthusiastic and knowl-edgeable addition to the Envirothon team. He died on September 23, 2006 in a boating accident in Labrador at the age of 33. In his memory, the “Dr. Neal Simon Team Spirit Award” was established to honor the NL Envirothon team that best exemplifies Neal’s love of learning and the natural environment of Newfoundland and Labrador. The winner of the inaugural Dr. Neal Simon Team Spirit Award in 2007 was Menihek High School from Labrador City. In 2009, the award went to “Silex” from Exploits Val-ley High School. While in 2010, the award was presented to team “NCIS” from Elwood High School, Deer Lake.

Dr. Neal Simon December 30, 1973- September 23, 2006

2009 Winners of Dr. Neal Simon Award: “Silex”, Exploits Valley high School