Harford County Teens Take Top Honors at Maryland Envirothon; Carroll and Montgomery County Students Take Second, Third A five-member team of high school students from Harford County are the winner of the 23rd annual Maryland Envirothon—an outdoor natural resources competition that challenges students to identify and categorize living resources, perform soil surveys and solve other complex natural resource issues. More than 100 challengers from 17 counties across Maryland took part in this year’s competition. The event was held June 19-20 at the Western Maryland 4-H Education Center in Garrett County. “It is great to see such a sincere interest in the science side of the environment,” said Secretary Buddy Hance. “With the strong leadership and scientific expertise of these students, the outlook for our natural resources and agricultural industry is indeed very bright.” As winners of the Maryland Envirothon, Harford Christian School of Harford County team members Hunter Howell, Danielle Fiedler, Gracie Shannahan, Danielle Reifer, and Maddie Feustel will represent the state at the 2013 North American Envirothon, which will be held at Montana State University in Bozeman from August 4-August 9. The students will be accompanied by teacher/advisors Ada Stambaugh and Tim Gerber. More than 50 teams from the [...]
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