2008 ENVIROTHON

This year the District held its eighth annual Envirothon Competition. The Envirothon tests student's knowledge of PA's natural resources and environmental sciences. Categories include aquatics, forestry, soils, and wildlife.

This year the District had 8 teams competing in the event. Congratulations to this year's winner, "Southern Brew" team from Oil City High School . Second place winners were the "Flying Sasquatches" team from Cranberry High and third place went to the "Black Knights" team from Oil City High School.

BACK PACK ADVENTURE

Partnering with Two Mile Run County Park , and the Northern Allegheny Project, the District is pleased to kick off the Back Pack Adventure Educational Program. This program provides trail walkers with a loaded backpack to find environmental adventures on park trails. Packs are filled with field guides and equipment for environmental exploration. A trail was developed along the lakeside for guided educational walks. Several groups have taken advantage of the guided trail walk already in 2005. We look forward to expanding guided adventures as the program progresses through the years.

SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS

Our home at the Nature Lodge at Two Mile Run County Park has placed us in the perfect position to host watershed education programs. Area schools have been taking advantage of our programs to bring class field trips for a day of watershed education.

Classes visit us here at the park to learn about watersheds. They see demonstrations of macroinvertebrate life in streams, stream table demonstrations and sometimes make a craft to take with them. Students take a trip to the stream and learn to identify macros themselves.

The District staff greatly enjoys student field trips here at the park. We are continually working to expand our programs to accommodate groups that visit us for environmental education.