ENVIR THON MASSACHUSETTS Thursday, May 14, 2015 Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown,ENVIR Mass.THON

Welcome!The 2015 Envirothon is here! This day is a competition that aims to bring out our best. This day is also a gathering of the Massachusetts environmental community to celebrate the work of the rising generation. And this day is about being outdoors in a beautiful place! We are grateful to Quabbin staff for welcoming us to this jewel of our commonwealth! It’s hard to believe that just five weeks ago, when we met here, the Envirothon steering committee watched a pair of coyotes, specks in the distance, The Quabbin Reservoir racing across the ice toward the Prescott Peninsula. Now the ice is gone, and spring has burst upon this beautiful, wild place. This Year’s Registered Teams Good luck to teams in this morning’s • Acton-Boxborough Regional High School • Seekonk High School competition! Envirothon aims to provide you with challenges the let you • Ashland High School • Shepherd Hill Regional High School demonstrate the knowledge and skill you • • Somerset Berkley Regional High School have gained. Push yourself to do your best! • Doherty Memorial High School • Southeastern Regional School District And after the competition, please join • Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School • Springfield Central High School us for the EnviroTrek Lunch – good food • Greenfield High School • Sutton High School and good stories about the paths you took • Leicester High School • this year, the places you visited, the people you met, and the trees, wildlife, soil, and • • Wilbraham & Monson Academy waters you got to know along the way. • Lexington High School • Wildland Trust/ Have a great day! • Marlborough Regional High School • Worcester Technical High School • Millbury Jr./Sr. High School • Narragansett Regional High School Will Snyder, Chair Inside • Mass. Envirothon Steering Committee Schedule...... 2 • Steering Committee...... 2 • North Brookfield Jr./Sr. High School Station Coordinators...... 2 2015 Current Issue • Mass. Envirothon Council...... 2 Meet Our Host ...... 3 Climate Crisis: • Pioneer Valley Regional School 2015 Current Issue...... 4 • Quabbin Regional High School Current Issue Presentation Judges... 5 Volunteers...... 6 Taking Action in • Reading Memorial High School Site Map...... 7 Massachusetts • SABIS International Charter School EnviroTrek Lunch...... 7 Communities • Salem High School What happens at an Ecostation? .... 7 Sponsors & Partners...... 8 2015 Massachusetts Envirothon Schedule Mass. Envirothon Steering Committee Will Snyder Chair, Mass. Envirothon Steering Committee 7:30 - 8:30 Registration for volunteers and UMass Extension, Center for Agriculture, Food & the Environment judges Dan Giza Vice Chair, Mass. Envirothon Steering Committee Registration for teams Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. Teams will confirm their Doris Wood Treasurer Liaison/Co-Secretary, Mass. Envirothon Steering Committee stations and presentation time Justin Gonsor Co-Secretary, Mass. Envirothon Steering Committee Team pictures Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation Kelley Freda Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation – Water Supply Protection 8:00 Orientation for volunteers and judges Joe Perry Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation 8:30 - 8:45 WELCOME and Lisa Trotto Worcester County Conservation District announcements George Zoto Mass. Department of Environmental Protection

9:00 - 10:05 First period Steering Committee Advisory Members 9:00 - 9:30 Current Issue 1.1 Al Averill USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 9:35 - 10:05 Current Issue 1.2 William P. Dunham Belmont Enterprises 10:15 - 11:20 Second period Matthew Goode Suffolk County Conservation District 10:15 - 10:45 Current Issue 2.1 Amie Humphrey Facendola Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. 10:50 - 11:20 Current Issue 2.2 Pam Landry Mass. Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (MassWildlife) 11:30 - 12:35 Third period Julie A. Martin Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation 11:30 - 12:00 Current Issue 3.1 Elizabeth McGuire Middlesex Conservation District 12:05 - 12:35 Current Issue 3.2 Dominique Pahlavan Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Diane Baedeker Petit USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 12:35 - 1:45 EnviroTrek Lunch Clif Read Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation 12:45 - 1:45 Informal team displays and conversations. Visit Judy Reilly Bristol-Myer Squibb exhibits and information Brita Dempsey Mass. Envirothon Coordinator tables including ecostation test information, Student ...... Conservation Association and Station Coordinators/Curriculum Specialists Mass. Envirothon Council. Al Averill USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 1:45 Group photo Kelley Freda Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation, Water Supply Protection Evaluation surveys Pam Landry Mass. Division of Fisheries & Wildlife 2:00 Announcement of Community Dominique Pahlavan Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Awards Joe Perry Mass. Department of Conservation & Recreation Will Snyder UMass Extension, Center for Agriculture, Food & the Environment ...... Massachusetts Envirothon Council Matthew Beaton Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs Mary Bell College of Natural Sciences, UMass Amherst George Buckley Harvard Extension School Deborah Cary MassAudubon Warren Chamberlain Mass. State Grange Meg Colclough Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Michele Fineblum Mass. Envirothon parent Matthew Goode Suffolk County Conservation District Steve Goodwin Dean, College of Natural Sciences, UMass Amherst Nathan Nesbitt Mass. Envirothon alumnus Jeff LaFleur Mass. Association of Conservation Districts Marion Larson Mass. Div. of Fisheries & Wildlife Joe Smith State Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water & Related Resources Will Snyder UMass Extension, Center for Agriculture, Food & the Environment

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Quabbin Reservoir

uabbin Reservoir is one of the largest the high quality of the water, this area had A healthy, resilient forest cover on Qman-made public water supplies in been considered since 1895 as an excellent watershed lands also contributes to the the United States. Created in the 1930s by spot to build a reservoir. By impounding protection of pure water. A vigorous forest the construction of two huge earthen dams, the Swift River and Beaver Brook where filters incoming precipitation, stabilizes the reservoir is fed by the three branches of they exited the valley, a huge source of soil and mitigates impacts of natural and the Swift River, and seasonally by the Ware fresh water could be created. man-made disturbances. Careful thinning River. Quabbin’s water covers 39 square In 1927, the legislature passed the operations of the wooded land surrounding miles, is 18 miles long and has 181 miles of Swift River Act, appropriating money to the reservoir help to promote a diverse shoreline. When full, Quabbin holds 412 build a reservoir in the valley. In order forest community and benefit both water billion gallons of water. to construct the reservoir, the valley quality and wildlife. For thousands of years this valley was would have to be cleared of all structures, The result of this land management is part of the territory of the Nipmuc Indians, vegetation and people. Construction of the an area often referred to as the “Accidental who referred to the area as Quabbin, or “the reservoir began in 1927. Wilderness.” This sizable area of protected meeting of many waters.” By the 17th century land with a diversity of habitats has their population had declined, decimated The Nipmuc Indians referred resulted in varied and abundant wildlife by war and disease, and the valley was to the area as Quabbin or “the communities. Wild turkey and white-tailed rapidly settled by Europeans drawn by the meeting of many waters.” deer are common, along with smaller abundance of water and rich farmland. species of rodents and birds, which provide food for fox, bobcat, coyote and hawks. Four towns were eventually established The state purchased homes and factories More uncommon wildlife, such as bald in the valley – Dana, Enfield, Prescott and from the townspeople, then razed or eagles, common loons, bear and moose are Greenwich – and by the mid-19th century moved them. Some 25,000 acres was also found at Quabbin. they were thriving communities. With an purchased for the reservoir alone. The land economy based mainly on farming, the which was to be flooded was clearcut and The Mass. Department of Conservation towns were also home to small industries. burned. The state removed 7,613 bodies and Recreation, part of the Executive from the valley’s 34 cemeteries and the Office of Energy and Environmental However, at the beginning of the 20th majority (6,601) were reburied at Quabbin Affairs, is the steward of one of the largest century, increased industrialization drew Park Cemetery. state parks systems in the country. people to cities in search of opportunities. In Massachusetts, people flocked to Boston On April 28, 1938, Dana, Enfield, Quabbin Reservoir and its 56,000 acres and its surrounding areas. Prescott and Greenwich officially ceased of protected watershed provide drinking to exist and the 2,500 people who once water to 40 percent of Massachusetts Throughout the 19th century, the populated the towns and villages no longer residents. This primary mission of assuring growing need for drinking water in had a place to call home. the availability of pure water for future metropolitan Boston had state officials generations determines what types of looking westward into central and western Today Quabbin Reservoir, the recreation is allowed. However, Quabbin’s Massachusetts to find or create a source Ware River, Wachusett Reservoir and vast acreage provides many opportunities of abundant fresh water. Due to the their contributing watersheds supply for wildlife viewing, hiking and fishing. S geography of the Swift River Valley, with drinking water to 51 communities in the its low hills and broad lowlands, as well as metropolitan Boston area. www.maenvirothon.org 3 2015 Massachusetts Envirothon 2015 Current Issue Climate Crisis: Taking Action in Massachusetts Communities How does the Current Issue work?

In this component of the Envirothon program, teams research a current environmental issue as it occurs in their own community, then prepare a presentation on their findings and proposed solutions. Each year the Massachusetts Envirothon Committee works to ensure that the topic is relevant to ALL Massachusetts communities. Wide-ranging community research is encouraged, including field study; interviews of scientists, advocates, local officials and residents; internet and library searches; map reading; t’s not an exaggeration: climate change • What ecosystem changes are expected? and visits to Town Hall. Iis the greatest environmental challenge • What ecosystem services and Many teams take what they learn in humankind has ever faced. An overall infrastructure are vulnerable? warming of the Earth’s atmosphere their Current Issue research and apply and oceans, set in motion by human • What kinds of actions are it in a community action project. Any activity, particularly our burning of fossil recommended and what actions are team that demonstrates high research hydrocarbons, is causing a host of changes being taken? standards in their Current Issue work, that threaten our communities and the • Who is involved? or applies their Envirothon learning ecosystems on which we depend. in a service project, is eligible for an What does resilience and climate • Envirothon Community Award. We are beginning to rise to the justice mean for this community? At the state competition in May, challenge, but the task is enormous. While What are the questions and • the team makes a presentation of there will be no “solving” this problem in controversies? our lifetimes, there are many, many ways their Current Issue findings and to take positive action. There is much we • In what ways is the community coming recommendations to a panel of judges can do that will brighten the future for together in a positive response? (including natural resource managers, ourselves and generations to come. Mass. Envirothon encourages teams to local and state officials, environmental advocates and others) who score them While the problems require a global take these questions and run with them. and provide helpful feedback on their response, there is an important role for We need to implement strategies both to knowledge, proposed solutions and every community. State government, prevent accelerating climate change and to presentation skill. municipalities and citizen groups are adapt to a changing world. Both kinds of already providing leadership regionally. action are necessary. Many strategies can A highlight of the experience is the interaction between the teams and the To prepare for the 2015 Envirothon, teams accomplish both. judges when the scoring is completed. were asked to get out and investigate what is Fortunately, many conservation After the morning competition, teams actually happening in their communities: practices for soil and water, forests and have a chance to share their Current • What are likely to be the most agriculture, biodiversity, and energy are Issue research and Community Action significant problems this community relevant to these changing conditions. It’s projects informally at a lunchtime will encounter? time to apply them more widely! S “EnviroTrek” session.

4 www.maenvirothon.org 2015 Massachusetts Envirothon Current Issue Presentation Judges Judges as of May 13, 2015 • Donald Badeau, Jr., State Commission • Joe Shoenfeld, UMass Center for for Conservation of Soil, Water & Related Agriculture, Food & the Environment Resources • Ezra Small, UMass Amherst - • Paul Barten, Ph.D., UMass Dept. of Sustainability Environmental Conservation • Ann Starbard, Worcester County • Ned Bartlett, Undersecretary, Executive Conservation District Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Carol Szocik, Mass. Dept. of • Matthew Beaton, Secretary of Energy & Agricultural Resources Environmental Affairs • Dawn Travalini, National Grid • Linda Benevides, Executive Office of • Carrie Webster, Mass Audubon - Energy & Environmental Affairs Drumlin Farm • Jani Benoit, Ph.D., Wheaton College - • Ben Weil, UMass Dept. of Chemistry • John Gerber, Ph.D., Stockbridge Environmental Conservation School, UMass • Dwayne Breger, Ph.D., Mass. Dept. of • Jonathan Yeo, Mass. Dept. of Energy Resources • Ann Gisinger, Environmental Business Conservation & Recreation - Water • Jennifer Carlino, Town of Norton Council of New England Supply Protection • Wendell Cerne, Mass. Science • Lisa Gustavsen, Mass. Dept. of • Tara Zadeh, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural Education Leadership Association Conservation & Recreation, Quabbin Resources Reservoir • Warren Chamberlain, State • George Zoto, Ph.D., Mass. Dept. of Commission for Conservation of Soil, • Stephen Harper, Harper’s Farm Environmental Protection Water & Related Resources • John Hayes, Ph.D., Geography Dept., • Madeleine Charney, W.E.B DuBois Salem State University Community Awards Library, UMass • William Hill, Mass. Dept. of Interviewers • Hong-Hanh Chu, Executive Office of Conservation & Recreation, Bureau of • Nancy Garrabrants, Director, UMass Energy & Environmental Affairs Forestry Extension (retired) • Peter Church, Mass. Dept. of • Arthur Hughes III, Executive Office of • Susan Cox, USDA Forest Service Conservation & Recreation Energy & Environmental Affairs • Pamela Snow, Harvard Forest • Stephanie Cicarello, Town of Amherst • Marion Larson, Mass. Div. of Fisheries • Kathleen Davis, Ph.D., UMass College of & Wildlife • Christine Clarke, State Conservationist, Education USDA Natural Resources Conservation • Paul Lyons, Mass. Dept. of • Karrah Kwasnik, USDA Northeast Service Conservation & Recreation, Water Supply Climate Hub Protection • Melissa Cryan, Executive Office of • Andrea Langhauser, Mass Dept. of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Carl Melberg, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Environmental Protection Service • George Buckley, Harvard Extension • Scott Davis, Mass. State Grange School • Sue Moore, former Envirothon coach • MaryAnn DiPinto, Mass. Dept. of • Deb Cary, Mass Audubon Environmental Protection • Nathan Nesbitt, Boston College Physics Dept. & ClimateJusticeBC • Jennifer Feller, Mass Audubon - Drumlin Farm • Jonathan Niedzielski, State Exec. Director, USDA Farm Service Agency • MaryJo Feuerbach, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency • Robert O’Connor, Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Michelle Fineblum, Mass. Envirothon Council • Gerry Palano, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural Resources • Jennifer Fish, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation - Service • Melissa Patterson, Student Forestry Conservation Association - Mass. • Debbie Fitton, Cape Light Compact • Juan Perez, MPA, Environmental Protection Agency • Priscilla Geigis, Director, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation - State • Deborah Picking, UMass Dept. of Presentation Hosts Environmental Conservation Parks & Recreation • Lisa Capone, Mass. Dept. of Energy • Vandana M. Rao, Ph.D., Executive Resources Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Kathy Conway, UMass Stockbridge School • Michael Rawlins, Climate System of Agriculture Research Center, UMass • Paula Davison, Mass. Dept. of • Julie Rawson, Northeast Organic Conservation & Recreation Farming Association • Aisling O’Shea, Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Heidi Ricci, Mass Audubon • Bob Schrader, UMass Center for • Carol Sanchez, Commissioner, Mass. Agriculture, Food, & the Environment Dept. of Conservation & Recreation • Sandy Thomas, UMass Center for • Eric F. Seaborn, National Grid Agriculture, Food & the Environment www.maenvirothon.org 5 2015 Massachusetts Envirothon Volunteers Volunteers as of May 13, 2015 • Sam Adams, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Doug Hutcheson, Mass. Dept. of Conservation Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir & Recreation • Tom Anderson, Exec. Office of Energy & • Jack Jackson, Town of Haverhill Environmental Affairs • Helen Johnson, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Aimee Annichiarico, Mass. Assoc. of & Recreation Conservation Districts • John Krasnecky, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Will Averill & Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir • Audra Baker, Asian Longhorned Beetle • Guy LaChance, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Eradication Program Recreation • Moria Barrow • Jim Lafley, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Maria Beiter, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Recreation, Water Supply Protection • Jim Lagacy, Mass. Div. of Fisheries & Wildlife • Dan Berard, Asian Longhorned Beetle • Nancy Lebedzinski, Asian Longhorned Beetle • Sam Shaughnessy, Town of Plymouth Eradication Program Eradication Program (retired) • Estella Smith, USDA Natural Resources • Maggi Brown, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Rick LeBlanc, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural Conservation Service Recreation - Boston Region Resources • Julie Sutherland, USDA Animal & Plant • Ken Canfield, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Conrad Letourneau, Mass. Dept. of Health Inspection Service Recreation Conservation & Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir • Catherine Ulitsky, USDA Natural Resources • Fletcher Clark, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Sean Mahoney, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Conservation Service Recreation Recreation • Rich Valcourt, Town of Phillipston • John Clement, Town of Middleboro • Kate Marquis, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Rich Valcourt Jr., Consulting Forester • Natalia Clifton, UMass Extension Recreation • Joelle Vautour, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Michelle Cozine, USDA Natural Resources • Susan Martin, Asian Longhorned Beetle Recreation Conservation Service Eradication Program • Steve Ward, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Brian Dale, Town of Falmouth Forestry • Austin Mason, Consulting Forester Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir Department (retired) • Bridgett McAlice, Mass. Div. of Fisheries & • Mike Waterman, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Stacey Dixon, Student Conservation Wildlife & Recreation Association • Sean McQuaid, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Kristina Wiley, USDA Natural Resources • Laura Dooley, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir Conservation Service Recreation • Pete Mirick, Mass. Div. of Fisheries & Wildlife • Justin Willey, Asian Longhorned Beetle • Mike Downey, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Laura Muller, Wheaton College Eradication Program Recreation • Jennifer Ohop, Monson Environmental • Erica Willey, Asian Longhorned Beetle • Shawn Finn, USDA Natural Resources Action Team Eradication Program Conservation Service • Rachel Orzechowski, Student Conservation • Steve Wood, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Norma Forgione, Mass. Dept. of Conservation Association Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir & Recreation • Kimberly Osienski, Mass. Assoc. of • Alison Wright, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Michele Girard, Mass. Assoc. of Conservation Conservation Districts Recreation Commissions • Paula Packard, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Dave Zaganiacz, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • David Graham, Student Conservation Recreation, Water Supply Protection & Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir Association • Michele Padula, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural • Dave Zimmermann, USDA Natural • Paul Gregory, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Resources Resources Conservation Service Recreation • Chuck Pernaa, Town of Ashby • Lynn Hildenbrand, Mass. Dept. of • Les Perry, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Millbury Jr./Sr. High School Conservation & Recreation, Camp Nihan Recreation Environmental Council Environmental Education Center • Mary Perry • Ashely Briddon • Karley Mattus • Linda Hubley, Asian Longhorned Beetle • Tiara Perry, Town of Plymouth • Brianna Cloutier • Sean Menard Eradication Program • Kerry Princiotta, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Taylor Dauderis • Paul Muturi • Aidan Hunt, Student Conservation Association & Recreation, Quabbin Reservoir • Zoey Dean • Ashley Ngo • Astrid Huseby, Mass. Div. of Fisheries & • Bill Pula, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Kelly Dempster • Hannah O’Brian Wildlife Recreation • Julie Dick • Taylor Palmer • Robert Purcell, USDA Natural Resources • Joe Favreau • Maria Philippeau Conservation Service • Renee Francolini • Lexxie Pitcher • Diana Reily, Town of Millbury • Kelsey Graves • Sarah Reilly • Paul Reyes, Mass. 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EnviroTrek Lunch What happens at an When the testing is over, everyone is Ecostation? invited to eat lunch, unwind, make new friends from across the state and share At the Massachusetts Envirothon, teams connections at the EnviroTrek Lunch. rotate through four ecostations, in addition Here’s how it works: to giving their Current Issue presentation. Each ecostation has a different emphasis: All through the year, your team works forestry, soil, water and wildlife. hard, plays hard, meets new people, finds new places, tries new experiences, gets wet, When students arrive at each dirty and tired, designs a t-shirt, stays up ecostation, the examiners instruct them to late to prepare and generally has a good time get into their distinct teams. Teams listen through the year as you get ready for the to examiners for a brief time to become May Envirothon. This is your EnviroTrek! familiar with that station, its questions and any other special instructions. During the EnviroTrek Lunch, each team has a home table. At each table, at any given It’s then up to the team to determine time, two or three “home team” members their strategy in taking the exam. They can share their team’s experiences with “visitors” break up and use individual strengths (for from other teams. example, one or two people focus on species ID, while the others do the written section), The place buzzes with stories, ideas, or go through the exam as a team. opinions and concerns as each home team shows and tells about their experiences. The ecostations generally incorporate Visitors, who move from table to table, offer questions that are: questions and views. Team members take • Written - multiple choice, true or false turns sitting at the home table and visiting or fill-in-the-blank. other tables. • Practical - This may include species EVERYONE at the Envirothon – teams, identification, questions that relate to judges, coaches, volunteers, sponsors – is the soils or habitat surrounding the welcome to join in! station and hands-on activities. www.maenvirothon.org 7 2015 Massachusetts Envirothon THANK YOU! Sponsors Foundational Sponsor The Massachusetts Envirothon U.S. Forest Service through Mass. is a program of the Quabbin Reservoir Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Massachusetts State Commission Bill Pula Sponsor of Mass. Team at for Conservation of Soil, Water & Regional Director NCF Envirothon Related Resources. Lisa Gustavsen National Grid Our work would not be possible Assistant Regional Director EnviroTrek Lunch Sponsor without contributions of Mass. State Grange time, resources and funding from General Sponsors these sponsors and partners. Team Sponsors Quabbin Level ($1,000 and up) Individual teams received sponsorship Environmental Business Council of from community sources including: New England Baystate Springfield Educational Canon USA Partners Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. Partnership George Buckley  Berkshire Conservation District Blackstone Valley Education Peregrine Falcon Level ($500 and up) Foundation Cape Cod Conservation District Will Snyder BSC Group Mass. Dept. of Agricultural Resources Green Newton The Donald J. McNamara Grant/Fund Mass. Assoc. of Conservation Districts American Elm Level ($250 and up) Dr. Rowe, Leominster Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Anonymous  Recreation EcoTec, Inc. Paxton Sandy Loam Level ($100 and up) Mass. Dept. of Environmental Environmental Testing & Research Melinda Broderick Protection Laboratories Inc. Anndy Danenberg, Newton North High Mass. Div. of Fisheries & Wildlife Geologic Resources School (MassWildlife) Leominster Sportsman’s Club Deborah Cary Mass. Executive Office of Energy & Michael F Clark, Scituate Michelle Fineblum Environmental Affairs Museum of Science, Boston PJ Keating Company Middlesex Conservation District New England Aquarium Response Environmental, Inc. UMass Amherst, College of Natural  Joe Smith Sciences Sables and SCI Foundation Other Sponsors UMass Amherst, Center for Agriculture, Soil Exploration Corporation David Backer & Alyce Kaprow Food & the Environment/UMass Wildland Trust Extension Big Y Foods, Inc.  Warren Chamberlain UMass Amherst, Dept. of Environmental Conservation Marcia Cooper & Jeff Rosenberg USDA Natural Resources Conservation Special thanks to... Dan Giza Service the judges, volunteers, coaches, Justin Gonsor Worcester County Conservation District agencies, organizations, schools, Institute for Training & Development parents and all whose hard work and Worcester Technical High School Elizabeth McGuire support make the Mass. Envirothon Joe Perry possible! Doris Wood

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