Canon Envirothon Draws Teenagers to North American Environmental Competition.LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- NEWS AND PHOTO EDITOR ADVISORY Envirothon press room: www.envirothon.org . Click on 2004 press room for information about the competition, daily updates and photos of the winning teams. Photos of winning teams can be downloaded beginning Sunday, August 1, 2004.
Who: More than 250 teenagers from 44 U.S. states and eight
Canadian provinces.
What: 2004 Canon Envirothon, North American environmental
education competition for US $30,000 in college
scholarships and other prizes
When: July 26-August 1, 2004
Where: Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Why: To educate teenagers about environmental conservation
High school students from across the U.S. and Canada will convene CONVENE, civil law. This is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. July 26-August 1 in Buckhannon, West Virginia Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in Upshur County, West Virginia and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,725 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, it has reached a population above 7,500. , to participate in North America's largest high school environmental education competition. Participants will learn about environmental issues affecting natural resources as they compete for awards in the 2004 Canon Envirothon. The 17th annual gathering of high school students interested in gaining a better understanding of conservation will be held at West Virginia Wesleyan College West Virginia Wesleyan College is a regionally accredited private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It has an enrollment of about 1,200 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. in Buckhannon, West Virginia. This year's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. competition is the first hosted by West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. . The site of the competition, under the supervision of the West Virginia Envirothon steering committee steer·ing committee n. A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage. steering committee Noun , is located in Upshur County Upshur County is the name of two counties in the United States:
Fifty-two teams, 44 from the U.S. and eight from Canada, involving more than 250 students will compete in the 2004 Canon Envirothon for a share of the US $30,000 in college scholarships and prizes. Organized through the National Association of Conservation Districts in the U.S. and The Canadian Forestry Associations, the competition tests teams on knowledge of soils/land use, forestry, aquatic ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. , wildlife and this year's current issue of conservation management in urban areas. This year, Louisiana and Hawaii are joining Canon Envirothon for the first time. Louisiana will have students competing this year and Hawaii will begin competing in 2005. The Canon Envirothon is the culmination of a series of competitions that began during the past school year and involved more than 500,000 teenagers throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In written tests and oral presentations, five member teams from schools and organizations competed for the distinction of representing their state or province at the Canon Envirothon. Each team's knowledge is tested under the supervision of foresters, soil scientists, wildlife specialists and other natural resource professionals. Teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. , problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. and oral presentation skills are evaluated as each team offers a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
This is the eighth year the competition is sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CAJ CAJ Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Christliche Arbeiterjugend (German Young Christian Workers) CAJ China Academic Journals CAJ Christian Academy in Japan CAJ Canaima, Venezuela (Airport Code) ). Canon delivers consumer, business-to-business and industrial imaging solutions. Canon works to protect the environment through the award-winning Canon Clean Earth Campaign that encompasses the development of energy-efficient office products, equipment remanufacturing and materials reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. , the protection of endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. and the encouragement of environmental education through the company's corporate social responsibility efforts and employee volunteerism vol·un·teer·ism n. Use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities. volunteerism . The list of U.S. and Canadian schools/organizations participating in the finals appears below. All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.
U.S. State City/Town School/Organization
Alabama Birmingham Oak Mountain High School
Alaska Homer Homer High School
Arizona Flagstaff Sinagua High School
Arkansas Mountain View Mountain View High School
California Riverside Arlington High School
Connecticut Litchfield Litchfield High School
Delaware Wilmington Wilmington Charter School
Florida Miami Palmetto High School
Georgia Newnan Coweta County 4H
Idaho Challis Challis High School
Illinois Albion Edwards County High School
Indiana Rockport South Spencer High School
Iowa Marshalltown Marshalltown High School
Kansas Salina Salina High School South
Kentucky Lexington Fayette County 4H
Louisiana Lafayette Lafayette Parish 4H
Maine Hampden Hampden Academy
Maryland Spring Blair High School
Massachusetts Acton/Boxborough Acton/Boxborough High School
Michigan Coldwater Branch Area Career Center
Minnesota Apple Valley School of Environmental Studies
Mississippi Amory Amory High School
Missouri St. Charles St. Charles West High School
Montana Big Timber Big Timber 4H
Nebraska Firth Norris High School
New Hampshire Amherst Souhegan High School
New Jersey Hopewell Hopewell Valley High School
New York Farmingdale Farmingdale High School
North Carolina Orange County Conservation Shameleons Home
School
North Dakota Kenmare Kenmare High School
Ohio Athens Athens High School
Oklahoma Tahlequah Tahlequah High School
Oregon Newberg Newberg High School FFA
Pennsylvania Media Pencrest High School
Rhode Island Conventry Coventry High School
South Carolina Calhoun Falls Calhoun Falls FFA
Tennessee Clarkrange Clarkrange High School
Texas Conroe Conroe Academy of Science
and Technology
Utah Vernal Uintah High School
Vermont Firth North High School
Virginia Augusta Augusta County 4H
Washington Leavenworth Cascade High School
West Virginia St. Marys St. Marys FFA
Wisconsin Land O'Lakes Conserve School
Canadian Province City/Town School/Organization
Alberta Grande Prairie Grande Prairie Composite School
High
British Columbia Maple Ridge Thomas Haney Secondary School
Manitoba Swan River Swan River Regional Secondary
School
New Brunswick Edmundston Cite'-des-Jeunes A.M. Sormany
Newfoundland Deer Lake Elwood High School
Nova Scotia Halifax Queen Elizabeth High School
Ontario Owen Sound West Hill Secondary School
Prince Edward Island Summerside Three Oaks High School
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