SHERBURNE – Students from across four counties are gathering today at Rogers Conservation Center in Sherburne for a hands-on learning event that tests their knowledge in five different environmental subjects: Aquatics, forestry, wildlife, soils and land use, and current environmental issues.

It’s day two of the Central New York Regional Envirothon, sponsored locally by the Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District.

High school students from Cayuga, Chenango, Madison and Onondaga Counties – organized in teams of five members each – will compete to win prizes, college scholarships and a chance to attend the state level Envirothon, held at Hobart William Smith College in Penn Yan in May.

Yesterday’s Envirothon at Rogers saw more than 100 students from nine school districts – each team of students worked together to solve 25 problems in each of the five different stations located on different nature trails. At the end of the day, one team from each participating county that performed best in all five categories was selected to move on to the state competition. More teams from 12 other school districts will compete for the same opportunity today.