Community Contacts

PROFESSIONALS ARE HERE TO HELP

Collaborating with natural resource professionals in your community is a great way to enhance the Envirothon experience for both you and your students. Experts can provide you with resources and support, and even help you teach the skills and knowledge students will need for each of the station topics. Community members can also help teams develop their responses to the oral presentation scenario. 

Here is a list of organizations that offer resources for learning about each of the Envirothon station topics, as well as opportunities to connect with local staff who have expertise in these areas: 

Aquatic resource organizations:

• soil and water conservation districts
• City of Salem Natural Resources
• municipal water treatment facilities

Forestry resource organizations:

• Oregon Forest Resources Institute
• Oregon State University Extension agents
• Oregon Department of Forestry

Soil resource organizations:

• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Oregon State University Outreach and Extension
• soil and water conservation districts

Wildlife organizations:

• Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington
• U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System

SOUTHERN OREGON REGIONAL ENVIROTHON

Each year the Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District, with the support of local partners, puts on a one-day Southern Oregon Regional Envirothon (SORE) for regional high school students. As it is held in advance of and is similar to Oregon Envirothon, SORE helps students prepare for the statewide competition. Teams that participate in SORE regularly place in the top five teams at Oregon Envirothon, and several have taken first at state and gone on to represent Oregon in the international event.

For more information and to get involved, see Southern Oregon Regional Envirothon.