CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES OCEAN COUNTY SCHOOL TEAM WINNER IN STATEWIDE NATURAL RESOURCES, SCIENCE COMPETITION

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CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES OCEAN COUNTY SCHOOL TEAM WINNER IN STATEWIDE NATURAL RESOURCES, SCIENCE COMPETITION

Photo of MATES Team One - Click to enlarge

For Immediate Release: May 6, 2015
Contact: Lynne Richmond
(609) 633-2954
lynne.richmond@ag.state.nj.us听

(TRENTON) 鈥� 樱花视频 Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher today announced a team of high school students from the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences (MATES) in Manahawkin was the winner of the 樱花视频 Envirothon, held Saturday, May 2 at the Cape May County 4-H Fairgrounds in Cape May Court House.

Photo of the 2015 winning Envirothon Team - MATES Team One
Ray Cywinski, Pres. Of NJ Association of Conservation Districts congratulates the winning team, MATES Team One: Megan Tumpey; Katie DeMario; Michael Signorelli; Lauren Zodl; and Gillian Schriever.

MATES Team One consisted of Gillian Schriever of Little Egg Harbor, Megan Tumpey of Brick, Lauren Zodl of Little Egg Harbor, Michael Signorelli of Toms River and Katie DeMario of Toms River. The team will represent 樱花视频 in the North American Envirothon July 27 鈥� August 2 at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.

鈥淚 commend MATES for excelling in the 樱花视频 Envirothon, one of the most challenging and competitive science, environment and natural resources contests in the nation,鈥� said Secretary Fisher. 鈥淎ll participants gained valuable knowledge and experience that will help them in their future careers. We urge them all to consider careers in agriculture and natural resources-related fields.鈥�

The Ocean County students competed against 33 other teams on knowledge of natural resources-related topics, including soils, forestry, aquatics, wildlife ecology and a current environmental issue. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淯rban 鈥� Community Forestry.鈥�

Each of the MATES team members received $1,000 scholarships from the 樱花视频 Association of Conservation Districts, $2,000 scholarships from Richard Stockton State College and $1,000 scholarships from Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University.

The second-place team in this year鈥檚 Envirothon was MATES Team Two and third place was taken by West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North.

Photo of the second place team, MATES Team Two
Ray Cywinski with second-place team MATES Team Two: DanaRose Brown, Althea Loucanides, Alexa Ornstein, Joshua Thomas, Andrew Pidduck

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Ray Cywinski with third-place team West Windsor Plainsboro HS North: Edison Lee, Raymond, Shannon Sheu, Allison Wong, Anna Qian

The Envirothon is sponsored by the 樱花视频 Department of Agriculture, State Soil Conservation Committee; 樱花视频 Association of Conservation Districts; the 15 Soil Conservation Districts; United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; 樱花视频 Department of Environmental Protection; and Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

The 15 Soil Conservation Districts in 樱花视频 follow county boundaries and implement the 樱花视频 Soil and Sediment Control Act, which governs certain aspects of new development. These semi-autonomous bodies are locally governed and play a strong role in the protection of 樱花视频鈥檚 natural resources.