Twenty-six teams of three to five students each rotated through five stations where they answered questions on aquatics, forestry, wildlife, soils and a current topic in conservation.
Team members had 30 minutes at each station to work together to provide answers on a written exam of 100 maximum points, said Lori Glace, a conservation analyst with the county Conservation District.
The top-scoring team — that was the Green Salamanders from Cumberland Valley High School Tuesday — not only earns bragging rights and a traveling trophy, but also a spot as the Cumberland County representative to the statewide Envirothon, Glace said. That competition is scheduled for May 22-23 at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove and the Mount Luther nature preserve outside Mifflinburg.