PHOTO GALLERY

2019-04-22 01:00:00

Workers cut trees in the prairie expansion area at Jennings Environmental Education Center earlier this year.Submitted photo

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Members of Slippery Rock High School’s softball team dedicate the new scoreboard at the high school field before the Rockets’ game Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The board honors Glee Hart, the late mother of junior second baseman Julia Hart.SUBMITTED PHOTO/Greg Balint

Slippery Rock High School second baseman Julia Hart, right, whose late mother worked to make the new scoreboard a reality, homered during Wednesday’s (April 17, 2019) game off a former teammate on a travel team, Madison Hillard, left. It was the first home run Hart has ever hit.submitted photo

Shown here is an area of trees that were cut this winter as part of the habitat expansion of the prairie at Jennings Environmental Education Center.Submitted photo

The interior of Deer Trail is scheduled to be cut next winter as part of the habitat expansion of the prairie at Jennings Environmental Education Center. The trees marked with blue will be saved.Submitted photo

The spread of chronic wasting disease threatens Pennsylvania’s deer herd.BUTLER EAGLE FILE PHOTO

The Butler YMCA served as the venue for the 69th annual Butler Young Men’s Christian Association Good Friday Fellowship Breakfast on Friday, April 19, 2019. Guitarist Josh Thompson and Pastor Dan Ledford of Westminster Presbyterian Church sing at the breakfast.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

The Butler YMCA served as the venue for the 69th annual Butler Young Men’s Christian Association Good Friday Fellowship Breakfast on Friday, April 19, 2019.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Butler County Sheriff Mike Slupe and the late Tom Widenhofer in 2012. Tom took part in the first Outdoor Experience 4 All hunt in 2008.SUBMITTED PHOTO

Members of the state DCNR assist volunteers in clean-up activities as part of an Earth Day event Saturday, April 20, 2019. at Moraine State Park. Earth Day is Monday.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Jazzmin Penaskovic, a junior at Slippery Rock University, joined a group of volunteers involved in spring clean-up efforts Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Moraine State Park.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle