Conservation Poster Contest

The Walworth County Land Conservation Department along with the County Land Conservation Committee, sponsors a Conservation Poster Contest. This contest provides an opportunity for area youth to become more aware of conservation of our natural resources through artistic design. The contest is open to students in grades K-12. Contestants are grouped and judged based on their grade. (K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12)

This contest is one step in a journey to the national conservation poster competition. The County will award first, second and third place awards to students in each age category. First place winners from each age group will move forward to the Southeast Wisconsin Conservation Association “Area” competition which will be held in February 2019. Counties competing in the Southeast Area are Walworth, Washington and Ozaukee.

Winners from the Area competition will be forwarded to the statewide competition which is held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association’s Annual Conference. Winners from the statewide competition will be forwarded to the national competition where entrants have a chance to win cash prizes.

The 2020 contest theme was “Where would we Bee without Pollinators?”. There are numerous resources available online that discuss the role of pollinators in our everyday life and the threats that they are facing.

The 2021 contest them is "Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities". Information for the 2021 contest them can be found at the National Association of Conservation District's website. Local contest information will be available in early fall.

Where would we Bee without Pollinators?

This year’s contest focuses on pollinators which includes bees but also other critters such as butterflies. Here you can find information on the poster contest from the Wisconsin Land and Water Association’s Youth Education program. Once the information for 2020 is released from the National Association of Conservation Districts, it will be shared on this page.

County entry form and contest date information (PDF).

Other helpful information on pollinators:

Pollinator Partnership

Great Pollinator Project

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Project Learning Tree

2020 Results

This year’s Conservation Poster Contest resulted in a total of 42 participants from two schools- East Troy Middle School and Traver School in Lake Geneva. The winners of Walworth County contest are as follows:

Grades 4-6

1^st Place: Madeline Daehn, Traver School

2^nd Place: Madison Wojciuch, Traver School

3^rd Place: Hailey Wojciuch, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Emma Larkin, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Yadira Castro, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Sophia Barrett, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Avery Acevedo, Traver School

Grades 7-9

1^st Place: Michaela Courtway, Traver School

2^nd Place: Gabriella Zavaleta, East Troy Middle School

3^rd Place: Joselyn Vina, Traver Middle School

Honorable Mention: Isaac Ayala, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Daisy Mercado, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Eric Street, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Ashlin Nottestad, Traver School

Honorable Mention: Molly Anderson, Traver School

The first place winners from our contest were forwarded on to the Southeast Area Contest. There, Michaela Courtway earned first place for her poster. Her poster will then be forwarded on to the state competition at the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association Annual Conference in Green Bay, WI March 4-6, 2020.