Pisgah High School student Kaitlin Moore and Nina Dove and Jena Brown, both of Tuscola High School, have all been on Envirothon teams since middle school. Two of the girls have attended the Haywood Soil and Water Conservation District’s Youth Environmental Stewardship Camp and Moore is a member of Pisgah’s FFA club. 

During the workshop, 91 students from across the state spent their days learning from scientists, foresters, biologists, wetland specialists, wildlife experts and engineers during classroom instruction and outdoor study.

On the final morning, students took an exam testing them on what they’d learned. Moore was awarded $375 for having the second-highest test score, as well as $250 for having the highest score in the 16 western counties. She was also an S. Grady Lane Nominee Finalists, one of eight students nominated for consideration for the scholarship. 

The workshop, now in its 55th year, is sponsored by the N.C. Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts in conjunction with the N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation, N.C. State University Crop and Soil Science Department and the Soil and Water Conservation Society Hugh Hammond Bennett Chapter.