Westchester Insider: Westchester County Legislator Ruth Walter 15th District: High School Environmental Competition: 2021 Regional Envirothon.

 

Dear Friends and Neighbors, 

The 2021 New York State Envirothon -- a hands-on environmental education competition for high school teams, testing knowledge and understanding of NYS natural resources -- will be held virtually this year, from Tuesday, May 25 through Friday, May 28.

In order to compete in the state event, a team must have competed in a regional event. The Hudson Valley 2021 Hudson Valley Regional Envirothon qualifying competition will take place online during the first week of May.

The highest scoring high school team from each county will represent its county in the state event. 

Westchester County teams will compete with Region 5 which includes -  Greene, Columbia, Ulster, Sullivan, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, Bronx, NYC, Richmond, Kings, Queen, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Although the exact date has not yet been set, Region 5’s one-day event will be sometime between May 3 and May 7.

Team registrations will take place from March 15 through April 1, 2021.

For more information please visit www.nysenvirothon.org.

Sincerely,