For the Tomahawk Leader
LINCOLN COUNTY – Winners from Lincoln County’s Local Conservation Poster Contest advanced to the Area Contest, which was held on Jan. 28.
“There was some tough competition, considering that posters were submitted from nine other counties in northcentral Wisconsin and, amazingly, all Lincoln County students that advanced placed in the Area Contest,” a release from the Lincoln County Land Services Department stated. “Congrats to our Lincoln County winners.”
Shelby Vega, Tomahawk Elementary School, won 1st place in the K-1 Division. Since she won first place in this division, her poster will now be moving on to the State competition this March, with the potential to move on to the National competition.
Liliana Boquist, of Kate Goodrich Elementary, won 3rd place in the 2-3 Division, and Mel Rampart, of Merrill High School, won 2nd place in the 10-12 Division.
The department said the Annual Conservation Contests encourage students to submit posters that illustrate the conservation theme of the year. For 2022, the Conservation Contest theme is “Healthy Soil: Healthy Life.”
“Soil is often the foundation for not only our natural world, but also our modern day society,” the department stated. “Healthy soil has impacts on growing food sources, maintaining healthy forests, prairies, and other habitats, promoting high water quality, and so much more. Because of this, a student’s creativity could drift in countless ways to display the 2022 theme. And without a doubt, all students that participated provided unique posters that helped promote the importance of conservation. “
For more information about the Annual Conservation Contest, contact Tom Boisvert, Conservation Program Manager, at 715-539-1054.