The East Knox FFA recently competed in the state FFA Forestry Career Development Event held virtually on Oct. 6 and finished first out of 52 teams from across Ohio.
Seven members of the East Knox FFA competed in the event, with the top four scores counting as the team score. The top four scorers were Josh Henwood (first out of 404 individuals competing), Alexandria Magers (second), Logan Adams (sixth) and Dustin Springer (11th). Other members and their results were Andrew Poff (12th), Aland Dolby (23rd) and Nic Steinwender (40th). The team will receive a banner for its top-five state finish, and the top ten individuals will each receive a plaque at the annual Ohio FFA Convention next May in Columbus.
The Forestry Career Development Event is an activity designed to demonstrate students' skills in the area of Forestry Management. Students complete a 45-question online test on the forestry industry, identify tree species, identify forestry tools, complete a timber cruise to determine the volume and value of saw logs in a woods, perform a forest products practicum, complete a topographical map-reading exercise, and do a forest diseases and disorders identification practicum.
Normally the state-winning team would compete in the National Career Development Event in Indianapolis at the end of October, but due to the coronavirus pandemic there will be no Nationals this year. Instead, the team will represent Ohio next September at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
This is the third time East Knox FFA has won the state Forestry CDE. The previous two were in 2013 and 1999. This year is the 29th year in a row— dating back to 1993— that East Knox FFA has placed in the top 10 teams of the state contest and the 20th time finishing in the top five in Ohio. They have finished fourth more than any other placing (nine times).
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