Envirothon contestants from Slippery Rock High School included, from left, Travis Wimer, David Frisk, Tyler Beachem, Joe McChesney and Alex Petridis. At rear is teacher Tony Consbruck. Slippery Rock placed second in the competition at the Jennings center.

A team of students from Seneca Valley High School won the Envirothon held May 1 at Jennings Environmental Education Center. Twenty-two 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 forestry, aquatics, wildlife and water resources, soils and alternative/renewable energy sources.

Tests were conducted by personnel from the Bureau of Forestry, the state Game Commission and Fish and Boat Commission, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Environmental Protection, Butler County Recycling Department, the Butler County Conservation District and Jennings.

The Seneca Valley team is led by teachers Rebecca Finch and Dana Hadley. The team will represent Butler County in the state Envirothon at Penn State University May 21-22. The winner of the state competition will represent Pennsylvania at the national competition July 29 to Aug. 4 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York.

Slippery Rock High School's team placed second.

Ron Fodor is district manager of the Butler County Conservation District.

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The Seneca Valley High School team won the Envirothon at Jennings Environmental Education Center. Members included, front from left, Sara Selvaggio, Stas Hutton and teacher Rebecca Finch. Rear, teacher Dana Hadley, Chelyse Shaffer and Ben Ronallo.