LaBrae Envirothon team moves to next level

LEAVITTSBURG -- One of the LaBrae High School Envirothon Teams finished second at the Ohio Soil and Water Conservation District area competition in Painesville earlier this month.
They competed against 69 other teams representing high schools and home schools from 17 counties in Northeast Ohio and will now compete at the next level.
Five area Envirothons are conducted throughout Ohio each spring with the top four teams from each area competition progressing to the two-day state finals at Findlay University on June 11-13.
The winning team from was Nic Cibella, Louise Gensburg, Joel Martin, Kelly Mullen and Daniel Smith.
"This was the highest finish for a Trumbull County school in over a decade," said Mike Wilson, the Trumbull SWCD executive director. The competition is a natural resource-based outdoor science program.
The Ohio Envirothon is sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Soil & amp; Water Conservation Districts in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Natural resource and environmental specialists from many agencies, universities, park districts, and businesses devise the Envirothon questions and the staff verifies the results.
For more information on these types of youth programs, contact Kelly Hardval, Trumbull SWCD Education coordinator at (330) 637-2056 Ext. 110 or visit www.swcd.co.trumbull.oh.us