"Its kind of amazing that everything works together so perfectly. I just think its cool," said Michael Trotter, 14, of Grove City. "It's just fun going around and learning and seeing things from the environment."

Making learning about the environment fun is the reason why the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' state Bureau of Forestry and McKeever Environmental Learning Center team up to sponsor Forest Ecology Camp for students in sixth through ninth grades.

The week-long camp, in its seventh year, began July 6 and ended Friday.