Class Presentations - SWCD staff will be happy to come to your class or Boy/Girl Scout group and talk about forestry, soils, water quality or careers in Natural Resources. Contact Kate at 218-723-4867 to schedule a visit.

Conservation Education Curriculum - A series of classroom activities for Grades K- 12. These activities were created especially for environmental educators in Carlton and South St. Louis Counties.

Envirothon - The Northern Area III Envirothon is an environmental competition for high school students that gives them the opportunity to challenge their environmental knowledge and problem-solving skills against other area students in beautiful outdoor settings. Students are organized in teams of five and visit six stations: water quality, wildlife, forestry, soils and a current environmental issue.

A team of students enjoys learning about soils at the 2008 Envirothon.

At each station, students have the chance to speak with local natural resource professionals about their careers and are then required to complete a 20-point test specific to that station's topic. The tests are different every year and use questions at a typical high school science knowledge level. Students are also required to prepare and give a 10-minute oral presentation on that year's current events issue at a sixth station

2010 Envirothon - The 16th Annual Northern Area III Envirothon was cold and a little wet, but a lot of fun. For the first time ever, Babbitt Embarrass High School placed in top three teams and joined first and second place teams from Two Harbors at the State Envirothon.

2010 Final Scores

Mountain Iron Buhl students at the 2009 Envirothon.

State Envirothon - The Minnesota State Envirothon was held on Monday, May 17th at Presbyterian Clearwater Forest Camp near Deerwood, MN. The State event is coordinated by the MN Board of Soil & Water Resources. The top three teams from each Area Envirothon are invited to compete at the State competition. Two Harbors High School took 6th Place at the State Competition! Congrats!

National Envirothon - The 2010 National Envirothon will be held at the University of California in Merced, California August 1st - August 7th. The National Envirothon is sponsored by Canon. Visit  http://www.envirothon.org/ for more information.