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The Envirothon is an outdoor academic competition for high school students. Teams of up to five students answer questions in the areas of Soils, Aquatics, Wildlife, Forestry, and Current Environmental Issues. Competitions are held on the regional, state, and national level. |
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High school FFA students participate in both individual and team fashion in rural & urban soils and forestry judging. Land and soils judging encompasses the students ability to determine percent of slope, land use, and soils properties such as texture and permeability. Urban contestants rate the soil and site limitations for building purposes while rural contestants come up with the recommended conservation practices for land improvement. The Forestry contest is comprised of tree identification, diameter and log measurements, conversion to board feet, forestry equipment identification, a forestry knowledge test, and compass orienteering. |
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The Conservation District honors educators that are modeling the wise use, protection and enhancement of our natural resources. Both an elementary and a secondary teacher(s) are honored annually. |
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The Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will provide three $100 grants to educators to support natural resource conservation service-learning projects. These grants honor SWCD Conservation Education Teacher and Volunteer award winners who demonstrated outstanding efforts to help others learn about and care for natural resources. |
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The Dick O'Keefe Memorial Scholarship was established in 1998 to honor the memory of Mr. O'Keefe who passed away on December 29, 1997. Contributions in his memory came from a host of friends and family, as they knew how much farming was a part of his life. Dick was born and reared in Delaware County, and introduced to farming at an early age, as was his father and grandfather before him. He understood all the perils associated with agriculture, but "the seed had been planted," making the term "farmer" something of which he was very proud. His concern that farming would become "extinct" because of multiple reasons was a priority to him. This scholarship is awarded to a Delaware County resident, or a graduate of a Delaware County public or private high school who is pursuing, or planning to pursue, a degree in agriculture. |
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The Forestry Camp, run by the Ohio Forestry Association since 1950, is held at Camp Muskingum in Carroll County. This is an academic resident camp where students participate in classes, mostly in the outdoors, covering tree identification and cultivation, ecology, and forest products. Students will literally see the forest and the trees as they learn first hand how to appreciate Ohio's forest and related natural resources. Students also have plenty of recreation time as well. The Delaware SWCD offers a scholarship to this camp to a Delaware County high school student who is interested in natural resources, conservation, and the outdoors, and wants to attend the Forestry Camp. |
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Conservation Education 
