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POSTER, PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2016

DENVER, Jan. 31, 2017 – The 2016 winners of the National Association of Conservation District’s poster and photo contests were announced Sunday at the organization’s 71^st Annual Meeting. Each year, the NACD photo and poster contests give students and adults alike the opportunity to display their artistic talents on a national stage.

NACD and the NACD Auxiliary would like to once again congratulate the winners of NACD’s 2016 national photo contest. The top honors for photos in the Agriculture and Conservation Across America category went to:

Troy Bishopp of Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District in New York (1^st place, adult division)

Sid Osofsky of Laurens County Soil and Water Conservation District in South Carolina (2^nd place, adult division)

Riley Shaw of Niobrara Conservation District in Wyoming (1^st place, youth division)

Anna Jorgenson of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District of Minnesota (2^nd place, youth division)

In the Close-Up Conservation category, the winners are:

Dawn Martin of Mercer County Soil Conservation District in North Dakota (1^st place, adult division)

Anna MacDonald of Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District in Iowa (2^nd place, adult division)

Emma Lee of Vernon County Land and Water Conservation District in Wisconsin (1^st place, youth division)

Rianna Ryan of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota (2^nd place, youth division)

The winners of the Conservation in Action category are:

Kristi Hill of Deer Creek Conservation District in Oklahoma (1^st place, adult division)

Marjorie Phillips of Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District in Indiana (2^nd place, adult division)

Jason Walker of Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District in Indiana (1^st place, youth division)

Grace Nordmeyer of New Castle Conservation District in Delaware (2^nd place, youth division)

In the Conservation Practices category, the winners are:

Troy Bishopp of Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District in New York (1^st place, adult division)

Richard Mickowski of New Castle Conservation District in Delaware (2^nd place, adult division)

Adeline Peters of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota (1^st place, youth division)

Anna Jorgenson of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota (2^nd place, youth division)

Over 250 kindergarten through 12^th grade students from more than 30 states submitted “We All Need Trees”-themed posters for the 2016 NACD poster contest. The first, second, and third place posters for the kindergarten through first grade division were created by:

Ciara Waltenberg of Portage County Land and Water Conservation District in Wisconsin (1^st place)

Allison Eden of Jones County Soil and Water Conservation District in Mississippi (2^nd place)

Caroline Robinson of Rutherford County Soil Conservation District in Tennessee (3^rd place)

In the second grade through third grade division:

Tanvi Reddy of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (1^st place)

Ashton Truenow of Lake Soil and Water Conservation District in Florida (2^nd place)

Emma Wosmek of Noble County Conservation District in Oklahoma (3^rd place)

In the fourth grade through sixth grade division:

Eason Li of New Castle Conservation District in Delaware (1^st place)

Katie McDonnell of Marion Soil and Water Conservation District in Florida (2^nd place)

Andrew Kim of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (3^rd place)

In the seventh grade through ninth grade division:

Kaitlyn Couchman of Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District in Iowa (1^st place)

Brooklyn Hanson of Ashland County Land and Water Conservation District in Wisconsin (2^nd place)

Chia-Hsuan Lin of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (3^rd place)

In the tenth grade through twelfth grade division:

Alice Fang of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (1^st place)

Cody Hodge of Bedford County Soil Conservation District in Tennessee (2^nd place)

Jessica Venvertloh of Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District in Missouri (3^rd place)

Click on the following links to access the winning photos and posters for 2016 on Flickr: NACD’s 2016 national photo contest and 2016 NACD poster contest. To learn more about NACD’s stewardship efforts, visit our website.

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The National Association of Conservation Districts is the non-profit organization that represents the nation’s 3,000 conservation districts, their state associations and the 17,000 men and women who serve on their governing boards. For more than 70 years, local conservation districts have worked with cooperating landowners and managers of private working lands to help them plan and apply effective conservation practices. For more information about NACD, visit: www.nacdnet.org.