Partners Competing Teams (continued) The following organizations provided in-kind support for the 2007 Manitoba Envirothon: Assiniboine Community College Oak River Colony School, Oak River Canadian Forestry Association City of Brandon Pembina Valley Conservation District Team, Manitou Ducks Unlimited Canada Economic Development Brandon R. D. Parker Collegiate Teams 1 & 2, Thompson Faculty of Science, Brandon University Frontier School Division Sequoia Energy Inc. Team, Manitou General Wolfe School Husky Oil Marketing Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg KBM Forestry Consultants Inc. Louisiana-Pacific Canada Limited Swan Valley Regional Secondary School , Manitoba Agro Woodlot Program Swan River Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Manitoba Conservation Districts Vincent Massey Collegiate Teams 1 & 2, Winnipeg Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation Manitoba Hydro West Lynn Heights, Lynn Lake Manitoba Model Forest Manitoba Conservation – Forestry Branch Westwood Collegiate, Winnipeg Manitoba Water Stewardship Manitoba Conservation – Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch Manitoba Intergovernmental Affairs Manitoba Naturalist Society Nature Conservancy of Canada Thank you for participating and good luck in the ND LEA Inc. 2007 Manitoba Envirothon Provincial North Dakota Forest Service Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre Competition! Plus4 Consulting Prairie Rose School Division Raven Renewables Spectra-Productions Ltd. Tembec – Pine Falls Operation TetrES Consultants Inc. Tyrchniewicz Consulting Natural Resource Institute-University of Manitoba Sponsors Competing Teams

The following organizations provided funding for the 2007 Manitoba Envirothon: Baker School, MacGregor Canadian Institute of Forestry – MB Section College Jeanne-Sauve, Winnipeg Canon USA

Canon Canada College Silver Heights Collegiate, Winnipeg Canon Envirothon

Jiffy Canada Incorporated Cooks Creek Conservation District Team, Oakbank Jim & Myrna Potton

Louisiana Pacific Canada Comorant School, Cormorant Lake MacKenzie Seeds

Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Deloraine School, Deloraine MB Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives-Covering New

Ground East Interlake Conservation District Team, Gimli Manitoba Conservation Manitoba Education, Youth and Citizenship Fairholme School, Portage la Prairie Manitoba Hydro Manitoba Model Forest Fort Richmond Collegiate, Winnipeg MB Science, Technology, Energy and Mines Gimli High School, Gimli Manitoba Water Stewardship-Fisheries Enhancement Fund

Spruce Products Limited Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre, Youth in Philanthropy – Argyle Alternative High School Norway House

J.H. Bruns Collegiate, Winnipeg

Team Sponsors LaSalle-Redboine Conservation District Team, Portage la Prairie

The following organizations sponsored a team for the Lord Selkirk Regional School Teams 1 & 2, Selkirk 2007 Manitoba Envirothon: Pembina Valley Conservation District Maple Grove Colony School, Lauder Sequioa Energy Inc LaSalle Redboine Conservation District Neepawa & Area Collegiate Institute, Neepawa East Interlake Conservation District Cooks Creek Conservation District Northwest Soil Management Association Team, Swan River Northwest Soil Management Association Turtle Mountain Conservation District Schedule of Events Prize Donations

The following organizations provided prizes for the th Thursday, May 24 2007 Manitoba Envirothon: Manitoba Conservation – Forestry Branch 4:00-6:00 p.m. Arrival and Registration Manitoba Water Stewardship 5:30-7:00 p.m. Dinner (Cafeteria) Manitoba Conservation – Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection 7:00-10:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions (Cafeteria) Branch Team Introductions Turtle Mountain Conservation District Socializing Inland Aggregates Limited th Louisiana-Pacific Canada Limited Friday, May 25 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Tembec Inc –Pine Falls Operations 7:00 a.m. Breakfast (Cafeteria) Ducks Unlimited Canada 8:00-8:30 a.m. Teams bussed to trail testing site 8:30-9:00 am Teams assigned to Trail Guides Spruce Products 9:15 a.m. Trail Testing begins Manitoba Conservation – Pollution Control Branch 12:20 noon Lunches for teams & volunteers at Trail Testing Site Environment Canada 1:00 p.m. Reassemble and return to trail 1:30 p.m. Trail testing resumes 4:30-5:30 p.m. Supper at Trail Testing Site 5:30-6:00 p.m. Teams, advisors bussed to Brandon University 7:30 p.m. Oral preparation for teams and advisors (Theatre A) The Manitoba Forestry 8:30 – 10:00 p.m. Trading Session, recreation and socializing (Theatre A)

th Association would like to thank Saturday, May 26

7:00 a.m. Breakfast (Cafeteria) all of the organizations who 8:15-8:30 a.m. Team Orientation to Oral Competition (Cafeteria) 8:30-11:00 am Team preparation for Orals contributed funding, prizes, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Test review & debriefing for Advisors 11:00-11:45 a.m. Lunch for Teams and Advisors (Cafeteria) 12:00-1:40 pm Preliminary Oral Presentations (Brodie Science Centre) services, and time to the 2:15-2:30 p.m. Announcement of finalists (Cafeteria) 2:30-4:00 p.m. Final Orals (Cafeteria) Envirothon! 4:00-5:00 pm Dinner (Cafeteria) 5:00-5:45 p.m. Awards and Closing (Cafeteria) 6:00 pm Departure

Thank you to all our Volunteers! Reminders

Bob Austman Marilena Kowalchuk Edna Aytona Don Labossiere Bill Baker Denise Levesque  It is your responsibility to attend all of the activities Ernie Bart Jennifer Lidgett on time. Dianne Beaven Bev MacKenzie Byrnes Benoit Bob MacKenzie  The doors to McMaster Hall Residence are locked at Dean Berezanski Kyla Maslaniec 11:00 pm. The curfew for Envirothon is also 11:00 Rachel Boone Mona Maxwell pm. Please make sure you are in your room and quiet Gareth Boys Keith McGregor by this time. Chris Budiwiski Rebecca McKay Brendan Carruthers Amie Melnychuk  You will be outside all day on Friday so please dress Vicki Cole Debra Parker for the weather! Jeff Cottes Kent Pearce Shauna Da Costa Terry Pearce  On Saturday morning, we will announce and post the Wayne Digby Glenn Peterson location of the oral preparation and oral presentation Nancy Dyck Patricia Pohrebniuk rooms. Raymond Dyck Jim Potton John Dyck Myrna Potton  A volunteer will be available on Saturday to collect Susan Eros Nanci Potton your keys and return your key deposits from noon to Rob Eros Nicole Rabe 2:00 pm at the same location where you registered. Glenda Fauske Ian Ripley You are encouraged to check out early so that you Elaine Gauer Brenda Robinson can depart promptly at 6:00 pm. Gil Godard Cathy Shaluk

Gordon Goldsborough John Shearer

Loraine Gowanlock John Sinclair

Ron Gowanlock Murray Smith

Carol Graham Leanne Sprung

Donald Harron Kevan Sumner David Hay Andrea Swain Veronica Hicks Lisa Tack Drew Hoysak Christine Tymchak Laureen Janusz Allen Tyrchniewicz Michele Kading Barry Waito Barb Kingdon Rudy Wall Tyler Kneeshaw Jenna Walker Andrea Kraayeveld

elcome to all the visitors and participants in the We would like to take this Manitoba Envirothon! All who attend are opportunity to recognize the W expected to display courtesy, honesty and respect towards volunteers, other teams and advisors, following volunteers who have guests and facilities. given us 10 years of time and anitoba Envirothon participants are expected to compete with an honest effort to follow the rules support: M and elevate the spirit of this competition. As a participant, you are learning the lifetime skills of integrity, honesty, fairness, and sportsmanship along with respect for Bill Baker and knowledge of our natural resources. The goal of the Dianne Beaven Envirothon is to give one's best effort while displaying these skills. These qualities will help you become better Brendan Carruthers conservationists regardless of the final score. Bev MacKenzie Bob MacKenzie e hope you enjoy the competition and support all teams in a positive manner. Above all, enjoy Glenn Peterson W meeting new people and seeing old friends. Jim Potton Myrna Potton John Sinclair

Let The Games Begin!

Manitoba Envirothon is a program of the Manitoba Forestry Association. ELEVENTH ANNUAL

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