Teens Take Top Honors at 2005 Canon Envirothon

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Teens Take Top Honors at 2005 Canon Envirothon

Teams From 50 U.S. States And Canadian Provinces Competed At Environmental Education Competition

LAKE SUCCESS, NEW YORK, Jul. 25 -/E-Wire/Business Wire/-- A five-member team of high school students from Media, Pennsylvania, is the winner of the 17th annual 2005 Canon Envirothon. The winning team was announced Saturday, July 23, during closing ceremonies of the weeklong North American environmental education competition held at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

At the Canon Envirothon, 250 teenage challengers from high schools and other organizations across the U.S. and Canada studied and competed on environmental issues and resource conservation, and received Canon scholarships and prizes that exceeded US$75,000 in value.

The first place Pennsylvania team received a total of US$25,000 in Canon scholarships along with photographic equipment for themselves and for their schools/organizations to use in science education. Texas (US$20,000 and equipment) and Delaware (US$15,000 and equipment) placed second and third, respectively. The fourth place team, Virginia, received US$10,000 and equipment. The fifth place team, Wisconsin, received US$5,000 and equipment. The list of schools/organizations finishing in the top 10 appears at the end of this announcement.

Student scholarships can be used toward a four-year university, a two-year college, or trade school. Scholarship funds are paid directly to the university, college, or other school of a student's choice.

Fifty teams, 43 from the U.S. and seven from Canada, competed in the 2005 Canon Envirothon, North America's largest high school environmental education competition. Organized through the National Association of Conservation Districts in the U.S. and The Canadian Forestry Association, the Canon Envirothon is the final competition in a series of contests beginning each spring that involve more than 500,000 teenagers throughout North America. For the first time this year, the program awarded diversity and underserved audience grants to seven states and one province to involve additional students in the competitions.

In written and field tests, and oral presentations, five-member teams from schools or organizations compete in preliminary rounds for the distinction of representing states and provinces at the Canon Envirothon. Key knowledge areas include soils/land use, forestry, aquatic ecology, wildlife and a current issue that changes annually. This year's current issue at Canon Envirothon addressed the management of cultural landscapes and focused on restoring the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (U.S. Civil War) to its 1861 conditions.

Each team's knowledge was tested under the supervision of foresters, soil scientists and wildlife specialists. Teamwork, problem solving and oral presentation skills also were evaluated as each team offered a panel of judges an oral presentation containing recommendations for solving the environmental challenges at Wilson's Creek.

The 2006 competition will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and the 2007 competition will be held in Geneva, New York.

This is the ninth year the competition has been sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ). Canon delivers consumer, business-to-business and industrial imaging solutions. Canon works to protect the environment through its award-winning Clean Earth Campaign that encompasses development of energy-efficient office products, equipment remanufacturing and materials reuse, as well as the protection of endangered species and environmental education through its corporate philanthropy and employee volunteerism.

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The top 10 teams at the 2005 Canon Envirothon:

First Place: Penncrest High School, Media, Pennsylvania

Second Place: The John Cooper School, Woodlands, Texas

Third Place: Wilmington Charter School, Wilmington, Delaware

Fourth Place: Fort Defiance High School, Fort Defiance, Virginia

Fifth Place: Conserve School, Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin

Sixth Place: High Technical High School, North Bergen, New Jersey

Seventh Place: Chardon High School, Chardon, Ohio

Eighth Place: Litchfield High School, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ninth Place: Candor High School, Candor, New York

Tenth Place: School of Environmental Studies, Apple Valley, Minnesota

Canon Envirothon press room: www.envirothon.org. Click on 2005 press room for winning team photos and student names that will be posted and can be downloaded beginning July 24, 2005.

Kay Asher [REDACTED-EMAIL]

Mike Virgintino [REDACTED-EMAIL]

http://www.envirothon.org

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