Sidney Tops Regional Envirothon

The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) coordinated the 2019 Western Regional Envirothon Contest on February 13, 2019. The contest was held at the Gordon City Hall with five schools from around the panhandle participating: Crawford, Creek Valley, Garden County, Gordon-Rushville and Sidney.

The Envirothon Contest is a series of timed, written tests pertaining to seven environmental topics. The seven topics include: Aquatics, Forestry, Policy, Range, Soils, Wildlife and a Special Topic, that changes each year; this year’s topic was Agriculture and the Environment. Ea...