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Envirothon is an annual environmentally themed academic competition for high school aged students held by the United States and Canada on a regional, state/provincial, and bi-national level. The competition tests students on four core subjects- forestry, soils, aquatic ecology, wildlife- along with a fifth annually-changing subtopic which focuses on current environmental issues. Currently, forty-four U.S. states and nine Canadian provinces for a collective of over 500,000 students participate in the competition.

The North American Envirothon is a Nonprofit organization headquartered in League City, Texas. Coordinating the delivery of the bi-national North American competition, the organization also relies heavily on volunteers across North America to advise individual teams from each participating state and province. Envirothon is sponsored by Canon USA, the National Association of Conservation Districts, the United States Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the National Conservation Foundation. Envirothon also relies on various other individual donors, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and corporate citizens for sponsorship and support

History
In 1979 the Pennsylvania Soil and Water Conservation Districts set up the Environmental Olympics, later renamed Envirolympics, to encourage interest in environmental issues through hands-on competition. The first official state competition was hosted in 1984 with six competing counties. Expanding rapidly to include forty conservation districts by 1987, it gained attention from other states, and in 1988, the program became the National Envirothon, with participation from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Ohio. In 1992 Nova Scotia became the first Canadian province to join the competition. Prior to Canon's sponsorship whereby the program was again renamed to Canon Envirothon, the competition was sponsored by various state, local, and provincial conservations programs and associations. Canon began its support in 1997, and in 1999, became the title sponsor of the competition between the U.S. states and Canadian provinces, local sponsors still sponsor lower level competition.

Competition
Competition participants are generally composed of teams sponsored by school clubs or classes, but also includes teams sponsored by 4H and other such non-scholastic organizations, home schoolers can also take part as their own team.

States and provinces across the United States and Canada each have their own competitions from which the winning high school team earns the privilege of representing their state/province at the North American Envirothon competition, held each summer in a different U.S. state or Canadian province. In regions with a considerable number of teams, subdivisions such as county, regional, or district competitions are also held. Teams must win these intermediary competitions in order to move on to the state/province levels. At the North American Competition, teams that rank first through tenth receive prizes and scholarships of various values.

Competition week at the North American Envirothon level includes various outings and seminars for both the students and their advisors. Most of these outings are linked to the current issue topic and provide information on the area in which the competition is being held.

During the competition, each team must complete five written tests consisting of various question types, including identifications and hands-on assessments, and also must prepare an oral presentation(the high schoolers only)on the current issue topic, which the team presents to a panel of judges. Each test is scored out of 100 points and the presentation is scored out of 200 points. The team with the highest cumulative total of points at the end of the scoring is the winning team. Recognition is also given to teams with the highest scoring in each of the categories.

Results
2012 Canon Envirothon hosted by Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States

Top five: Missouri 576.4, Ontario 547.6, North Carolina 534.8, Ohio 528.2, New York 526

2011 Canon Envirothon hosted by Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

Top five: Manitoba 601.25, Ontario 593.75, South Carolina 575, New Brunswick 560, Connecticut 553.75.

2010 Canon Envirothon hosted by California State University in Fresno, California

Top five: California 527, Delaware 517, Minnesota 509.2, Florida 486.6, Maryland 485.8.