5 PA Winners Of National Assn. Of Conservation Districts 2021 Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Student Poster Contest Announced

The PA Association of Conservation Districts recently announced the  five state-level winners of the National Association of Conservation Districts 2021 "Healthy Forests Healthy Communities" poster contest.

The PA winners in each age category are:

-- K - 1st Grade: Cora Petrunak, Lehigh County

-- 2nd - 3rd Grade: Riley Thomas, Cambria County

-- 4th -  6th Grade: Brock Wharton, Cambria County

-- 7th - 9th Grade: Evelyn Warner, Cambria County

-- 10th - 12th Grade: Kathryn Polstra, Columbia County

Click Here to view all the winning posters.

To promote the importance of trees, students from kindergarten through twelfth grades entered posters conveying their thoughts and ideas through original artwork. Submissions were judged based on the entry’s conservation message, visual effectiveness, originality, and universal appeal.

PACD thanks all of the participants in the contest for their interest and dedication to conservation. Best wishes to the state-level winners in the upcoming national judging competition.

Click Here for more information about the NACD poster contest. 

For more information about the work of the state’s 66 conservation districts, visit the PA Association of Conservation Districts  website. You can also follow PACD on Facebook.

(Photo: The 10-12th grade winning poster by Kathryn Polstra, Columbia County.) 

(Reprinted from PACD’s latest newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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[Posted: August 3, 2021]  PA Environment Digest