Students from Moniteau High School earned second place at the Butler County Envirothon. From left, are Conservation District representative Betty Staley Dickey, students Travis Steele, Blake Lambermont, Tyler Sutton, Jeremiah Barnhard and Brian Benson, and Department of Environmental Protection representative John Green. Seated in front with the trophy is David Adams.

A team of students from Seneca Valley High School placed first at this year's Butler County Envirothon. Students from Moniteau High School placed second and Karns City High School placed third.

The Envirothon was held May 2 at Jennings Environmental Education Center. Nineteen junior and senior high school teams participated.

The Envirothon is designed to give students an opportunity to acquire and demonstrate their knowledge of environmental resources and interactive relationships between resources and human activities.

The students were challenged in areas of forestry, aquatics, wildlife and water stewardship and changing climates. Tests were conducted by personnel from the Bureau of Forestry, the state Game Commission, the state Fish and Boat Commission, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Environmental Protection, Butler County Recycling Department and the Butler County Conservation District.

The Seneca Valley team is under the direction of teachers Rebecca Finch and Dana Hadley. The team will represent Butler County in the annual State Envirothon in Chambersburg on May 22 and 23.

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A team of students from Seneca Valley High School recently took first-place honors at the Butler County Envirothon. From left, are teacher Dana Hadley and students P.J. Duffy, Dan Ranayhossaini, Eric Wahlstrom, Nicole Yale and Sam Greives. Seated in front is teacher Rebecca Finch.