Arizona Envirothon is modeled after the National Conservation Foundation Envirothon (NCF Envirothon), North America’s largest natural resource competition for high school students.  All Arizona high schools are eligible to participate. Students form a five‑member team, dive into the study of natural resources, and compete for the opportunity to win major prizes and advance to the national NCF Envirothon.

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Preparation is supported by natural resource professionals who help students explore key topics: aquatic ecology, soils and land use, wildlife, forestry, and a rotating current environmental issue. Students learn not only the fundamentals of each subject, but also how these resources connect and influence one another within an ecosystem.

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Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders and none today can question the importance and benefits of environmental stewardship.  The Envirothon helps students to develop the critical thinking skills that are necessary to manage and conserve natural resources in a sustainable manner, always mindful of economic, social, and environmental concerns.

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Both the Arizona Envirothon and NCF Envirothon programs encourage working in partnership with natural resource management professionals, the education community, and the general public.  These programs strive to create an effective multidisciplinary educational tool that will help our state’s schools to nurture environmentally aware students; meet an immediate need to teach more environmental education; and to recognize students, grades 9-12 who achieve excellence in natural resource management, knowledge and skills.

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Our hope is that participants will gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of how individual actions affect natural resource issues; the interactions and interdependencies of our environment; current natural resource issues; agencies available to assist them in resource protection matters; and the need to become environmentally aware, action-oriented adults.