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The Indian River Lagoon Envirothon was held February 27, 2004, at the University of Florida's Medical Entomology Lab in Vero Beach. 110 students with teachers from Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin and Okeechobee Counties participated in the regional event. A total of 22 teams participated in the event. Indian River and St. Lucie Counties had middle school teams participating.

Students answered questions at each category station located at different locations in the pine flatwoods setting. Categories in the competition included: Forestry, Soils, Aquatics, Wildlife, Indian River Lagoon and Special Topic. Questions were split down into four parts, demonstration, poster, oral and written.The National chosen special topic this year was "Natural Resource Management in the Urban Environment."

Wildlife Station

Indian River Lagoon Station

Soils Station

Forestry Station

Aquatics Station

Lunch time


Category Winners
Aquatics: Forestry: Indian River Lagoon: Soils: Wildlife:	The Sneakily Lethal Elephants - South Fork High School The Duck-Billed Platypi - John Carroll High School The Duck-Billed Platypi - John Carroll High School The Duck-Billed Platypi - John Carroll High School Sumatrian Rhinosceri - John Carroll High School

County Winners

St. Lucie County
The Duck-Billed Platypi

Indian River County
Parasitic Hydras

Martin County
The Sneakily Lethal Elephants

The Apple Snails
Okeechobee County

The County winners go onto the State Envirothon at Myakka State Park on May 1, 2004.

Regional Winner

The Regional Winner of the Indian River Lagoon Envirothon is, The Duck-Billed Platypi, from John Carroll High School, Ft. Pierce.

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