Youth Education

We teach and inspire Wisconsin’s youth to be the next generation of environmental stewards through engaging education programs.

Still affected by the impacts of COVID in 2022, our Youth Education Committee worked hard to restructure our programs to provide opportunities, so students could participate in all of our core youth conservation programs.

Our Youth Education Committee organized a virtual Poster and Speaking Conservation Awareness contest for a second year in a row due to our annual conference being held virtually.

As the year progressed, our committee thought a hybrid structure made the most sense for the WI Envirothon. We held the Current Issue Team presentation virtually where students presented from school by Zoom, while the hands-on station exams were held outside in person. After two years of a remote Envirothon it was great to welcome advisors, students and volunteers back for a hybrid event. The winning high school team was able to participate in person at the NCF-Envirothon competition in Ohio.

By summer, we were excited to welcome high school students back to our Conservation Camp in Manitowish Waters at the North Lakeland Discovery Center after two years of cancellations. And with the end of the middle school camp held at Sand Lake, our committee worked to successfully organize a new middle school conservation camp held at Upham Woods in WI Dells in June.

We would like to thank all our volunteers and supporters for supporting all of our Youth Education programs over these past few challenging years.

The 2022 Envirothon was made possible by the generous support from our sponsors:

» The Robert W. and Susan T. Brown Family Foundation

» Smithfield Foods, Inc.

» Wisconsin County Forests Association, Inc.

» Cellcom

» Express Recycling Solutions, Inc.

» Recycling Connections

» Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association

» Lake Winnebago Land+Water Area Association

» North Central Land+Water Area Association

» Southeastern Land+Water Area Association

» Generous support from our County LWCDs across the state

11teams participated in the hybrid WI Envirothon—the state’s ultimate hands-on environmental science challenge.

1,025 posters were submitted to the virtual Conservation Awareness Poster Contest.

44 students sent videos of their conservation topic to be judged at the virtual Conservation Awareness Speaking Contest.

65 middle school students attended our new youth conservation camp held at Upham Woods in the WI Dells.