Alachua County 4-H Envirothon Team wins first place at 2025 Florida Envirothon

Press release from Alachua County 4-H Envirothon Team

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The Alachua County 4-H Envirothon Team of Henry Huynh, Will Mercado, Abigail Pruden, William Pruden, and Katie Ross, with Volunteer Advisors/Coaches Amy and Jonathan Pruden, won first place at the 2025 Florida Envirothon. The competition took place at the Withlacoochee State Forest McKethan Lake Recreation Area in Brooksville, Florida. The Tardigrades of Alachua County 4-H look forward to representing Florida at the NCF Envirothon, July 20-26, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta at the Canada Mount Royal University.

The Envirothon is an environmental education competition, in which teams of high school students work collaboratively to develop their knowledge in five categories: Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Soil & Land Use, Wildlife, and this year’s Current Issue topic of Roots and Resiliency: Fostering Forest Stewardship in a Canopy of Change. To compete at the state level, teams must have won their regional competition.

At the 2025 Florida Envirothon, 18 teams competed from 16 different counties. There were 21 teachers/advisors and 90 high-schoolers.

The winner of the Florida Envirothon advances to the international competition, NCF Envirothon, that takes place in either the USA or Canada and consists of teams from the USA, Canada, China, and Singapore. All levels of competition have various awards, as well as in-kind and cash prizes.