Station Leaders: Kelsey Sudol & Melissa Mostowy
email: kelseys@nwcd.org
Water and water resources affect every facet of our lives, from business to pleasure to actual survival. The protection of our water resources, both quantity and quality, is vitally important to properly protect these resources, we must first understand them and the factors that impact them.
Please visit NCF-Envirothon’s Website on Key Aquatics Points: https://www.envirothon.org/aquatic-ecology
Please visit the Aquatics YouTube Channel Playlist
2025-2026 Aquatics Station Study Guide
As we gear up for the 2026 competition, the aquatics committee wanted to call out the specific material that the test will be based on. Like in previous years, there will be a practical half and an objective half of the test. Below are a list of resources to review and the objectives to focus on.
Note: This Study Guide is a working document. As workshops/videos are posted throughout the year, relevant information will be added. We will post when the Study Guide is final, most likely at the end of March 2026.
Aquatics Station Learning Objectives (pdf)
Materials from January 2024 In-Person Workshop
· CT’s Invasive Aquatic Plant, Clam and Mussel Guide PDF Guide, https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/
· 2024 CT Macroinvertebrate ID Presentation (pdf)
· The Macroinvertebrate Sorting Guide (Link to https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/
· Watershed Jeopardy (pdf)
If you have any specific concerns, please email kelseys@nwcd.org. Otherwise – good luck with your final preparations!
Past Workshops
2020 Workshop
2018 Workshop
2017 Workshop Materials
- Riparian Buffers– By Juliana Barrett, CT Sea Grant, University of Connecticut
- Nonpoint Source Pollution– Denise Savageau, Town of Greenwich
- Jeopardy 2017 (PPT)– David Rosa- University of Connecticut
- Introduction to Permaculture– Cynthia Rabinowitz, Soil Scientist HGCONSOIL, LLC
- 2017 Freshwater Macroinvertebrates– Meghan Lally, CT DEEP
2016 Workshop Materials
- Jeopardy (PPT)
- Double Jeopardy! (PPT) * Note: make sure to have the first slide selected and go into slide show, then click any point value to go to that question, then click the blue box for the answer, then click the blue box again to return to the main slide.
- Wetlands– By Juliana Barrett, CT Sea Grant, University of Connecticut
- Freshwater Macros- By Meghan Lally CTDEEP
- Macro ID Guide_Revised 01152015
Identification Keys Invasive Management Plans Watersheds Water Quality Groundwater Habitat Management Biological Assessment Sampling