MASSACHUSETTS ENVIR THON MASSACHUSETTS Thursday, May 12, 2011 | Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, Mass. EPROGRAMNVIR THON Wrap-up Edition

WeSuccess! came from communities all across Massachusetts to take part in the 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon.

What we share: A concern for our common wealth – the wealth we hold in common – our communities and the environmental systems they depend upon.

It’s not enough to care about the environment. We need to understand as best we can how natural systems work and how we can manage our impact upon Great Brook Farm State Park them. And it’s not enough to understand. We need to take action.

The Envirothon competition aims to be This Year’s Teams a fun, challenging way to prepare for action Teams in bold competed on May 12th. (and if you were there and visited the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Quabbin Regional High School roundtables, you were likely to meet teams Ashland High School R.C.Mahar Regional School, Orange who have already taken action). Reading Memorial High School Bedford High School At the 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon, Boston College High School Salem High School teams stepped up to the challenge, but also Bristol County Agricultural High School Somerset High School took time to find joy in being outdoors Chelmsford High Schol (whatever the weather!) and to meet David Prouty High School, Spencer Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech, S. Easton new people who share their interests and Doherty Memorial High School, Worcester Sutton High School concerns. Greater New Bedford Vo-Tech Tabor Academy Greenfield High School What a great day! Groton-Dunstable High School Tantasqua High School , Sturbridge Hoosac Valley High School Weston High School/Land’s Sake

Hopkinton High School Worcester Technical High School

Leicester High School Will Snyder, Chair Lexington High School Massachusetts Envirothon Committee Inside UMass Extension Millbury Jr. Sr. High School Schedule...... 2 Monson Environmental Action Team Steering Committee...... 2 2011 Current Issue Mount Everett Regional School Station Coordinators...... 2 What Happens at an Ecostation? ... 2 Mohawk Trail Regional High School Wetland Protection 2011 Results...... 3 2011 Current Issue...... 4 Nipmuc Regional High School Current Issue Presentation Judges... 5 Old Rochester Regional High School Volunteers...... 6 , N. Easton Meet Our Host Site ...... 7 Pioneer Valley Regional School A Greener Envirothon...... 7 Provincetown High School Roundtables...... 7 Sponsors...... 8 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon Massachusetts Envirothon Steering Committee Schedule Will Snyder Chair, Massachusetts Envirothon Committee University of Massachusetts Extension Susan Benoit Vice Chair, Massachusetts Envirothon Committee 7:30 Registration for volunteers Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) and judges Liz McGuire Treasurer, Massachusetts Envirothon Committee Registration for teams Middlesex Conservation District • Teams will be assigned Doris Wood Secretary, Massachusetts Envirothon Committee to their stations and presentation tent number Brita Dempsey Massachusetts Envirothon Coordinator

• Coaches and alternates Tom Anderson Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs assigned schedule and Meg Colclough Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs presentation tent number Fred Farmer Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts 8:00 Orientation for volunteers Julie Martin Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and judges Joe Perry Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Team pictures Clif Read Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation George Zoto Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection 8:30 - 8:45 WELCOME and announcements Non-voting Steering Committee Members 9:00 - 9:30 First station for teams Al Averill USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Coaches begin rotation Bill Dunham Belmont Enterprises Alternates begin program Jim Lafley Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Donald Lambert Hampden Conservation District 9:40 - 10:10 Second station for teams Pam Landry Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) Coaches continue rotation Dominique Pahlavan Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 10:20 -10:50 Third station for teams Diane Baedeker Petit USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Coaches continue rotation ...... 11:00 -11:30 Fourth station for teams Station Coordinators/Curriculum Specialists Coaches continue rotation Al Averill USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 11:40 - 12:10 Fifth station for teams Jim Lafley Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Pam Landry Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) Coaches continue rotation Dominique Pahlavan Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 12:15 - 2:00 LUNCH Joe Perry Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Explore test stations Clif Read Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Team roundtable discussions Will Snyder University of Massachusetts Extension Group photo Evaluations George Zoto Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection 2:00 Announcement of winners and Community Awards What happens at an Ecostation? At the Massachusetts Envirothon, The ecostations generally incorporate teams rotate through four ecostations, questions that are: in addition to giving their Current Issue presentation. Each ecostation has a • Written - multiple choice, true or false, different emphasis: forestry, soil, water or fill-in-the-blank. and wildlife. • Practical - This may include species www.facebook.com/maenvirothon When students arrive at each ecostation, identification, questions that relate to the examiners instruct them to get into the soils or habitat surrounding the their distinct teams. Teams listen to station, and hands-on activities. examiners for a brief time to become familiar with that station, its questions and any other special instructions. It’s then up to the team to determine their strategy in taking the exam. They can break up and use individual strengths (for example, one or two people focus on species ID, while the others do the written section), or go through the exam as a team.

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Competition Winners Participant Comments Overall Score Judges & volunteers Coaches 1st ���������Lexington High School • I enjoy seeing the young people. They • This was my first Envirothon and I LOVE are opening their minds to new topics it. This is an extremely well-organized 2nd ��������Monson Environmental Action Team outside the classroom event. The presentation was a truly 3rd ��������Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech authentic learning experience for the Forests Ecostation • Got a sense of what youth today are students. involved in environmentally as well as Y’all do a great job! Team really 1st ���������Lexington High School some misconceptions held as part of • embraced the community work. 2nd ��������Pioneer Valley Regional School general public Loved the farm tour. Liked getting the 3rd ��������Newton North High School • • Good networking, always fun to meet preview of next year’s topic. Extremely 4th ���������Quabbin Regional High School folks from other fields. beautiful place! 5th ���������Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech • Great experience to see kids interested Soils Ecostation in wetland protection Teams 1st ���������Lexington High School What did you gain from your • Great insight into project based learning 2nd ��������Monson Environmental Action Team Envirothon experience this year? 3rd ���������Bristol County Agricultural High School • Impressed by interest of students and 4th ���������Weston High School/Land’s Sake ability to interpret environmental issues • The value of nature and its beauty I will be able to identify many different 5th (tie) ��Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech Next generation viewpoints: a big • • species of plants in my town Old Rochester Regional High School benefit for us judges Acton-Boxborough Regional High School • I gained much info for my senior project Seeing a generation of young people Water Ecostation • Knowledge about wildlife. I can use it excited about solving environmental • when adventuring or camping. 1st ���������Lexington High School problems 2nd ��������Greater New Bedford Regional Vo- • I learned the importance of wetlands in Tech • The range of projects was fascinating our community as was the range of students in the 3rd ��������Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Knowledge of where wetlands are, Envirothon. I like the huge DCR/agency • recognizing wetlands on maps 4th ���������Tantasqua Regional High School support and participation. Good to see 5th ���������Bristol County Agricultural High School positive interaction between teenagers • Certifying our vernal pool and identifying Wildlife Ecostation and adults! wetlands How to protect a wetland, their values 1st ���������Monson Environmental Action Team It is great hearing from such smart • • and their roles in my community 2nd ��������Lexington High School and engaged young people and all the community service they are doing! This • Ability to educate others about 3rd ���������Bristol County Agricultural High School is a fabulous way to connect high school environmental protection 4th ���������Tantasqua Regional High School education with real life environmental • The presentation allowed me to explore 5th ���������Pioneer Valley Regional School stewardship. Keep it up! issues facing my own town as well as increasing my ability to analyze a Wetlands Protection Presentation Great day for students and volunteers. • situation and draw conclusions 1st ���������Quabbin Regional High School You can really see the teamwork and how much the kids care about the issues I learned different things from my team 2nd ��������David Prouty High School • which is the best part. mates 3rd ��������Acton-Boxborough Regional High School • How cool environmental science is 4th ���������Lexington High School • The best part about the day: Passing on the torch Little causes can create big effects – 5th ���������Monson Environmental Action Team • small group like Envirothon can achieve a lot

Community Research Award Community Action Award • David Prouty High School • David Prouty High School • Doherty Memorial High School • Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech • Greater New Bedford Vo-Tech • Monson Environmental Action Team • Mount Everett High School • Monson Environmental Action Team • Pioneer Valley Regional School • Quabbin Regional High School • Mount Everett High School • Somerset High School • Southeastern Reg. Voc-Tech • Quabbin Regional High School

www.maenvirothon.org 3 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon 2011 Current Issue Wetland Protection Background To make a strong case, teams must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the Wetlands perform critical ecosystem wetlands of their communities, including functions and provide important values the functions and values they provide for to human society through their natural people and the ecosystem as a whole, and functions. Massachusetts was an early the threats to these functions and values, leader in providing legal protections for now and in the future. wetland functions and values. Teams should be able to speak about the The Massachusetts Wetland Protection relative importance of individual wetlands, Act (WPA) regulates work in and adjacent as well as about wetlands in general. They to wetland resource areas, and it vests the must also demonstrate understanding of the primary responsibility for enforcing the Envirothon Maps effectiveness of current protections, such as law in the municipality where the wetland local bylaws, open space plans, volunteer and is located. With very few exceptions, Each Mass Envirothon team receives paid time devoted to wetland protection, and anyone wanting to do work in or near a a high quality, large scale map of their an environmentally literate citizenry, as well wetland must obtain a permit from the home community. The maps are de- as differing opinions on wetland protection. local Conservation Commission, which sets signed to highlight the spatial dimen- out specific conditions for the project. sions of the year’s Current Issue. How it works Under the WPA, individual municipalities Teams make their presentations to a are allowed to strengthen legal protections The Massachusetts Executive Office of panel of about eight judges. The judge’s for wetlands within their boundaries. Many Energy and Environmental Affairs de- job is to listen, ask good questions, assess towns have done this through adoption of a velops these maps and provides them to the team’s work, and give feedback on local wetland protection bylaw. teams as a benefit of registration. their research, their proposal, and their presentation. Many of the open spaces we enjoy in our Teams are encouraged to use the maps communities have remained in a natural both for field exploration and in their Teams have 15 minutes for their state over the past 40 years because they presentation to judges. presentation, followed by a 10-minute are associated with wetlands and protected period when the judges can ask questions. Laws are only one element of effective by the WPA. wetland protection. A scientifically literate Five of the judges will give the team a The work of identifying and delineating citizenry, with strong environmental number score, while the others focus on and monitoring wetlands has produced stewardship values and skills for effective providing written comments. An average new scientific understanding, and the action, is another. will be generated to give the team a score requirement to protect wetlands during for the competition. S and after construction has led to green The Problem technology development. Teams have been asked to help their Community Awards The ecosystem services provided by municipalities to evaluate wetland protection in their town. wetlands have saved Massachusetts Teams work hard to prepare for their communities many dollars in flood control, 99 Are wetlands being adequately Massachusetts Envirothon Current water purification, and more. protected? Issue presentations and they deserve recognition for this work! At the same time, some view wetland 99 Has the town been over-zealous, regulations as interfering in the exercise protecting wetlands at the expense of The Community Awards are presented to teams who do thorough and wide- of landowner property rights. Wetland other important values? ranging Current Issue research and regulations have sometimes been cited 99 What is the town’s responsibility to the teams that take action in a service as the cause of unreasonable delays and next generation? project based on what they learn. obstacles to economic development. Prime 99 Is this responsibility being exercised? areas in Massachusetts communities are The Community Awards provide important visibility for teams, schools often off limits to construction and subject 99 What needs to be done with regard to and communities. These awards are to limits on recreational use because of wetlands to assure the brightest future optional and noncompetitive. wetland protection. for the community? 4 www.maenvirothon.org 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon Current Issue Presentation Judges

• Robert O’Connor, Director of Land & Forest Policy, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Melissa Patterson, Conservation Service Manager, Student Conservation Association, Mass. • Anne Phelps, Senior Environmental Planner, City of Newton • Theresa Portante-Lyle, Wetland Scientist • Bill Pula, Reg. Director, Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation • Vandana Rao, Assist. Director for Water Policy, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Heidi Ricci, Senior Policy Analyst, Mass. Audubon Society • Paul Barten, Ph.D., Professor, UMass Dept. • Mike Gildesgame, Policy Manager, of Environmental Conservation Appalachian Mountain Club • Celia Riechel, Grant Program Coordinator, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Linda Benevides, Environmental Engineer, • Mary Griffin, Commissioner , Mass. Dept. of Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Fish & Game • Mary Rimmer, Rimmer Environmental Consulting, LLC • Matthew Burne, Conservation Director, • Bruce Griffin, Senior Scientist, New England Walden Woods Project Environmental, Inc. • Rob Rizzo, Bioenergy Program Manager, Mass. Dept. of Energy Resources • Samantha Overton Bussell, Deputy • Michele Grzenda, Weston Conservation Director, Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Agent, Mass. Assoc. of Conservation • Alice Rojko, Environmental Analyst, Mass. Recreation, Division of Urban Parks Commissions Dept. of Environmental Protection • Calvin Chase, President, Mass. State Grange • William Harman, Westford Conservation • Brian Shanahan, Reg. Director, Southeast Mass. Division of State Parks & Recreation • Neil Clark, The Writing Company Trust • Joseph Shoenfeld, Director, • Dan Clark, Director, Natural Resources Section, • John Hayes, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, Salem State University Communications & Marketing, UMass Center Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation for Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences • Christine Clarke, State Conservationist, • Doug Hjorth, Principal Scientist, Louis Berger Group, Inc. • Debbie Shriver, Project Manager, Mass. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed Coalition • Marjorie Cooper, Supervisor, Worcester • Ellie Horwitz, Chief of Information & Education, MassWildlife • Erin Snook, Community Outreach County Conservation District Coordinator, Sudbury Valley Trustees • Stephanie Cooper, Assist. Secretary for Land • Arthur Hughes III, Legal Counsel, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Scott Soares, Commissioner, Mass. Dept. of & Forest Conservation, Exec. Office of Energy Agricultural Resources & Environmental Affairs • Barbara Kickham, Mass. Dept. of • Marcia Starkey, Tower Hill Consultants • Melissa Cryan, Parkland Acquisitions Environmental Protection, Central Reg. Office and Renovations for Communities (PARC) • Kenneth Kimmel, Commissioner, Mass. • Jennifer Steel, Board member, Mass. Assoc. Grant Coordinator, Exec. Office of Energy & Dept. of Environmental Protection of Conservation Commissions Environmental Affairs • Edward M. Lambert, Jr., Commissioner, • Rick Sullivan, Secretary, Exec. Office of • Lee Curtis, Ecological Scientist, BSC Group, Inc. Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Energy & Environmental Affairs • Kathleen Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, • Andrea Langhauser, Senior Planner, Mass. • Mary Trudeau, Wetland Scientist Science Education, UMass School of Education Dept. of Environmental Protection, Waterways • Magdelena Vinson, Stonewall Farm • Paula Davison, Civil Engineer, Mass. Dept. of Regulation Program • Russ Waldron, Applied Ecological Sciences Conservation & Recreation, Division of Water • Marion Larson, Information & Education • Tom Waskiewicz, Extension Educator, Supply Protection Biologist, MassWildlife UMass Extension • Maryann Dipinto, Environmental Analyst, • Joseph Larson, Ph.D., Professor, retired, • Sally Zielinski, Ph.D., Mass. Assoc. of Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection, The Environmental Institute, UMass Conservation Commissions Wetlands Protection • Don Lewis, Exec. Director, Mass. Assoc. of • Joel Zimmerman, Reg. Planner, Mass. Dept. • Christy Edwards, Director of Capital Conservation Districts of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Planning/Land Acquisition, Mass. Dept. of • Paul Lyons, Environmental Analyst, Mass. Water Supply Protection Fish & Game Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division • Matthew Evans, Ph.D., Assist. Professor of of Water Supply Protection Presentation Hosts Chemistry & Geology, Wheaton College, Dept. • Robert McCollum, Environmental Analyst, of Chemistry, Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection - • Meg Colclough, Mass. Exec. Office of • Linda Eyster, President, Mass. Assoc. of Wetlands & Waterways Energy & Environmental Affairs Science Teachers • Gregor McGregor, Esq., Attorney, • Susan Cox, USDA Forest Service • Nancy M. Eyster-Smith, Ph.D., Associate McGregor & Associates • Nina Danforth, The Grazing Project Professor, Bentley University, Dept. of Natural • Ray McKinnon, Ranger, Mass. Dept. of & Applied Sciences, Conservation & Recreation - Blue Hills • Paula Packard, Mass. Dept. of • Jennifer Fish, Director, Service Forestry Reservation Conservation & Recreation Program, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Carl Melberg, Refuge Planner, U.S. Fish and • Dominique Pahlavan, Mass. Exec. Office Recreation Wildlife Service, Eastern Mass. NWR Complex of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Christy Foote-Smith, Director, Drumlin Farm • Terry Miller, Field Representative, USDA • Jane Pfister, GIS Coordinator, Mass. Exec. Wildlife Sanctuary, Mass. Audubon Society Forest Service, State & Private Forestry Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs • Kurt Gaertner, Director of Sustainable • Bill Moulton, Engineering Supervisor, Mass. • Carol Szocik, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural Development, Exec. Office of Energy & Dept. of Conservation & Recreation, Div. of Resources Environmental Affairs Water Supply Protection www.maenvirothon.org 5 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon Volunteers

• Kim Bent, The Science Bug • Catherine Ulitsky, USDA Natural Resources • Joan Boegel, Genzyme Corporation Conservation Service • Lois Breault-Melican, Mass. Dept. of • Rich Valcourt Jr. Conservation & Recreation • Rich Valcourt Sr. • Barbara Buls, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Donald Watt, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Recreation • Debbie Cary, Mass. Audubon Society, Broad • Kristina Wiley, USDA Natural Resources Meadow Brook Sanctuary Conservation Service • John Clement • David Williams, Middlesex Conservation • Loryn Dion, USDA Natural Resources District Conservation Service Intern • Amy Wilmot, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Laura Dooley, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Recreation • Jan Wright, Friends of Assabet River • Mike Downey, Mass. Dept. of Conservation National Wildlife Refuge & Recreation • Maryse Fenton, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation • Shawn Finn, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service • Alynda Foreman, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. • Norma Forgione, Mass. Dept. of • Jim Lagacy, MassWildlife Conservation & Recreation • Rick LeBlanc, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural • Kelley Freda, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Resources Recreation • Austin Mason • Nancy Garrabrants, UMass Extension • Peter Mirick, MassWildlife • Alec Gillman, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation • Laura Muller, Wheaton College • Justin Gonsor, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Kitsy Newburg & Recreation • Kizette Ortiz-Vanger, U.S. Fish & Wildlife • Paul Gregory, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Service, Assabet River NWR Recreation • Michele Padula, Mass. Dept. of Agricultural • Terry Hamilton, Millbury Memorial High Resources Student Volunteers School • Chuck Pernaa, Mass. Dept. of Conservation Millbury Junior/Senior High School • Lynn Hildenbrand, Mass. Dept. of & Recreation Conservation & Recreation • Tiara Perry • Megan Andresano • Sam Lussier • Amy Hoffmaster, Mass. Envir. Edu. Society • Marianne Piche, MassWildlife • Rebecca Audette • Hannah Lynch (MEES) • Emma Barry • Allie Machacz • Tim Rayworth, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Bob Horton, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & & Recreation • Taylor Bennett • Julia Maynard Recreation • Judy Reilly, Millbury Alumnae Parent • Tiana Benton • Lisa McLaren • Jack Jackson, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & • Sarah Bishop • Sam Meserve • Glenn Rosenholm, U.S. Forest Service Recreation • Tim Born • Ben Miles • Tina Saunders, Mass Water Resources • Danielle Johnson, Mass. Dept. of • Nicole Chionchio • Tory Miles Authority Conservation & Recreation • Haley Dwinell • Sarah Morse • Jennifer Schafer, Mass. Dept. of • Melanie Joy, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Conservation & Recreation • Taylor Garnes • Allison Murray Recreation • Julie Generelli • Alex Peterson • Bob Schrader, UMass Extension • Guy LaChance, Mass. Dept. of Conservation • Sam Goyette • Victoria Prominski • Mulunesh (Mulu) Si-Say, Mass. Dept. of & Recreation • Khanh Khanh Huynh • Lani Riley Conservation & Recreation • Courtney Keddy • Courtney Schultz • Jess Skinner, • Rachel Kelosis • Nicky Stafinski • Joe Smith, Trust to Conserve New England • Shannon Latour • Caryna Wright Forests • Jennifer Soper, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation • Val Stegemoen, Mass. Dept. of Conservation Did you know? & Recreation When the Envirothon program • Alexis Tomaszewski, Doherty Memorial HS started in 1979 in Pennsylvania it Alumna was known as the Environmental • Gini Traub, Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Olympics. In 1988 the name was Recreation changed to the Envirothon.

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Roundtables

When the testing is over, everyone is invited to unwind, meet new friends from across the state, and share community and environmental connections at the A Jersey cow at Great Brook Farm Roundtable discussions. Roundtables are freewheeling, small- griculture has been part of Great An active dairy farm operates year-round group discussions about a place, a ABrook’s history for centuries. and guided barn tours are available from question, or an idea of your choice. Holsteins have been kept here for over May to October. 60 years and current farmer Mark Duffy Every team is invited to bring their Amidst the beautiful scenery lie 20 miles continues the tradition with his Holstein presentation materials and start of trails for hiking, bicycling and horseback and Jersey cows. a conversation about what they riding. Notable Native American sites can have found in their communities. The farm and buildings at Great be seen from these paths. Community Award teams are especially Brook Farm comprise a classic eastern During the winter months, trail-grooming encouraged to offer a roundtable. Massachusetts agricultural landscape. allows skiing enthusiasts to take part in The arrangement of open fields, sturdy Here’s how it works: cross-country skiing. Meadow Pond has a walls, diversified woodlands and historic • For each team that wants to offer canoe launch and is ideal for fishing. structures are significant images of our a roundtable, two or three “home agricultural past. Native Americans used sections of Great team” members share their team’s Brook Farm as sacred sites. Seventeenth topic with three or four visitors. century cellar holes comprise “the city” • The place buzzes with ideas, opinions, where early English settlers worked one of and concerns as each home team numerous mill sites on the 1,000 acre park. presents their topic and visitors offer The ice cream stand is open through the their own questions and views. month of October. For more information, • Every 5-10 minutes, visitors leave one visit www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/ table, move on to another, and the gbfm.htm S process begins again. Team members take turns sitting at the home table and visiting other tables. EVERYONE is welcome to visit the A Greener Envirothon roundtables!

The Massachusetts Envirothon makes every effort to have a very green competition. We serve minimally packaged food and beverages. Waste is disposed of with as much recycling and composting as possible. Students from Millbury Junior-Senior High School Environmental Council helped in the recycling and sorting efforts. www.maenvirothon.org 7 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon Thank you to our sponsors!

Great Brook Farm State Park Host of the 2011 Massachusetts Envirothon Jennifer Stowe, Northeast Regional Ranger Steve Carlin, Park Supervisor and thanks to the entire Great Brook Farm State Park staff

The Massachusetts Envirothon is a program of the Massachusetts State Commission for Conservation of Soil, Water and Related Resources. Our work would not be possible without contributions of time, resources and funding from a variety of donors. Berkshire Conservation District Cape Cod Conservation District Environmental Business Council of New England Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School Green Mountain Coffee Hannaford Supermarkets Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Middlesex Conservation District Museum of Science, Boston New England Apple Association New England Aquarium Shaw’s Supermarkets Sholan Farms Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England Southern New England Chapter of Soil & Water Conservation Society U.S. Forest Service/Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation University of Massachusetts, Amherst, College of Natural Sciences University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Office of Sustainability University of Massachusetts Extension USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Westford Conservation Trust Wheaton College Worcester County Conservation District

A special thank you to the committee, judges, volunteers, coaches, agencies, organizations, schools, parents and all whose hard work and support make the Massachusetts Envirothon possible!

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