High School students from Kenora and Dryden are putting their environmental smarts to the test today for the first ever Envirothon Regional Competition.
Environmental Curriculum coordinator for the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board, Kathy Boone says teams of 5 will take part in various challenges.
Boone says the 15-participating teams will have to be experts in forestry, aquatics, wildlife, soils and salt water.
Envirothon is being held at Blue Lake Provincial Park in Vermilion Bay.