National Conservation Foundation Envirothon

NCF-Envirothon is a team environmental-science program combining academic study, hands-on outdoor fieldwork, and conservation problem solving. Five-student high-school teams prepare in aquatic ecology, forestry, soils and land use, wildlife, and an annually selected current issue, qualify through their state, provincial, or partner-nation program, and complete field tests plus a team oral presentation. More than 25,000 students participate across the wider program each year. The 2026 international event ran July 19–25 at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi.