The Goodhue Envirothon team sent two teams to the state competition after having two teams place in the top three at the regional competition. The regional competition took place at Byron Sportsmen Club on Tuesday, May 6th. They earned a birth to the state competition which took place on Monday, May 19th. The third place team is made up of junior boys Hayden Holm, Jack Carlson, Michael Roschen, Roland Munson, and Luke Roschen. The champions of region 7 are made up of junior girls Natalie Thomforde, Kylie Mandelkow, Kendra Rehder, Brynna Shaw, and Macy Buck.
Envirothon is a science and nature competition in which students are tested in the field of soils, water, wildlife, forestry and special topic. The competition also includes a heavily scored oral presentation which relates to the yearly special topic-this year it was on changing biomes due to climate change. Teams have to come up with a plan of how to fix a current scenario in Minnesota. Goodhue is part of the Southeast Region VII which includes schools in Goodhue, Wabasha, Rice, Steel, Freeborn, Mower, Dodge, Olmstead, Winona and Houston counties. The top three teams in each region qualify for the state competition. With eight regions in the state, there will be 24 teams that compete at the state level.
