Southeast Tennessee Resource Development & Conservation (RC&D) Regional Envirothon

Southeast Tennessee Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Regional Envirothon is an annual environmental competition for high school students. The Envirothon encourages student engagement and investment into natural resource conservation issues through good spirited competition. The Envirothon advocates for farmers and educates participants by emphasizing the importance of understanding and conserving natural resources that are fundamental to agricultural production and human society as a whole. This competition offers a unique forum for discussing these topics in that it encourages and rewards diligent study, hands-on learning and experimentation, and involvement in natural resource conservation issues and discussions with the goal of better understanding how they affect agriculture and human society.

Study Materials are located on the TN RC&D website.

Hosted on April 3rd, 2025, there were 9 teams present from 8 schools across the Southeast Tennessee Region that participated in the annual Regional Envirothon Competition. Each team competed by demonstrating their knowledge in the subjects of Soils, Aquatics, Wildlife, Forestry, and the current issue of “Roots and Resiliency: Fostering Forest Stewardship in a Canopy of Change” (current issue changes annually). Pictured below are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Congratulations to all those who placed in the top 3!

1ST PLACE: Seqouyah High FFA
The 1st place winner of the Regional Envirothon moves on to the State Envirothon competition as the representative of the Southeast Tennessee RC&D Council. This year’s State Envirothon Competition is scheduled for May 6th & 7th at the 4H Camp in Crossville, TN.

Wildlife Station

Soil Pit Station

Forestry Station

Aquatics Station

Events like this are only possible thanks to our Sponsors, Volunteers, Coaches and students! Thank you to everyone who participated, whether your donation was monetary or in the form of your time!

Monetary Sponsors for 2025:

Bledsoe County Farm Bureau / Bledsoe County SWCD / Bradley County Central High School / Bradley County Farm Bureau / City of Chattanooga / Hamilton County Farm Bureau / Hamilton County SWCD / Loudon County SWCD / Marion County SWCD / McMinn County SWCD / Monroe County SWCD / Farm Credit Mid-America / Polk County Farm Bureau / Polk County SWCD / Rhea County SWCD