PA’s Penncrest High School Envirothon Team From Delaware County Takes 7th Place In International NCF-Envirothon In Canada!

On July 26, the NCF-Envirothon announced Pennsylvania’s Penncrest High School Team from Delaware County took 7th place in the international competition held at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada!

Join PA Envirothon in congratulating Lucy, Kayra, Eva, Teddy & Ethan on their win!

The Team will receive a $1,200 team scholarship

The Penncrest Team was competing with 51 top high school teams from North America and China.

This year, students focused on “Roots and Resiliency: Fostering Forest Stewardship in a Canopy of Change,” which invited students to explore forest ecosystems, climate impacts, and sustainable management through hands-on learning and team collaboration.

Throughout the week-long competition, students demonstrated their knowledge of soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife management, and the current issue through written tests and prepared oral presentations. 

“It’s an honor to congratulate the winning team of the 36th annual NCF-Envirothon,” said NCF Executive Director Jeremy Peters. “These students didn’t just compete—they led. Their passion for sustainability and science inspires hope for the future and reminds us that the next wave of environmental innovators is already making its mark.”

All the final results are at the NCF-Envirothon website.

Click Here to check results from the 2025 PA Envirothon competition.

Envirothon History

The first-ever Envirothon competition was created in Pennsylvania in 1979 by the Fulton, Luzerne and Schuylkill conservation districts and by 1984 the program expanded to a statewide competition and then nationally and internationally.

Now more than 15,000 high school students across the state compete in 67 county Envirothons.

Pennsylvania won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers.

In 2024, the North East High School from Erie County placed eighth in the International Envirothon competition at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.  Read more here.

In 2023, the Penncrest High School Team from Delaware County took second place in the International Envirothon competition in New Brunswick, Canada  [Read more here] and in 2022 a team from the same high school placed 10th in the international competition [Read more here].  

A huge thank you to our dedicated partners and organizations who have made this journey possible for our Pennsylvania team, including PSECU, Pennsylvania American Water, Smithfield Foods, The Northumberland National Bank, Archaea Energy, Weis Markets, Expand Energy, Fish and Boat Commission, Game Commission, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Environmental Protection, and PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.

For more information on the Envirothon program, contact the county conservation district or visit the PA Envirothon website and Facebook page.  Call 570-837-3000 or send email to: execdirector@envirothonpa.org. 

[Posted: July 26, 2025]  PA Environment Digest