New
Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Art Brown, Jr.,
presented the 2000 Conservation Education Essay
and Poster Contest awards recently in Trenton.
This year's theme was "Keeping My Watershed Clean
and Healthy." A certificate of merit and a savings
bond was presented to the first, second and third
place winners in each of the three grade level
categories of the essay and poster contests. The
annual contests are sponsored by the NJDA's State
Soil Conservation Committee, the New Jersey Association
of Conservation Districts; the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA and the Rutgers Cooperative
Extension. The contests highlight the importance
of helping youngsters develop a deeper awareness
of our natural resources and the importance of
managing them wisely.
| Winners of the ESSAY CONTEST were: |
GRADES 4 - 6
First Place - $200 Bond
Heather Slifko
Hamilton, Mercer SCD
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Kristin Mogck
Blackwood, Camden SCD
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Jacquelin Giacobbe
Hopatcong, Sussex SCD
GRADES 7 - 8
First Place - $200 Bond
Brian Nauer
Hackettstown, Morris SCD
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Andy Palladino
Edison, Freehold SCD
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Danny Lake
Bloomsbury, Hunterdon SCD |
GRADES 9 - 12
First Place - $200 Bond
Sara Smith
Toms River, Ocean SCD
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Kelli Kulig
Bridgeton, Cumberland SCD
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Robyn Appel
Marlboro, Freehold SCD |
| The POSTER CONTEST winners
were: |
GRADES 2 - 3
First Place - $200 Bond
Ryan Czepiel
Ewing, Mercer SCD
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Kyle Czepiel
Ewing, Mercer SCD
GRADES 4 - 6
First Place - $200 Bond
Tanya Kaplunovskaya
Lake Hopatcong, Morris SCD
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Russell O'Connell
Califon, Hunterdon SCD
Third Place - $50 Bond
Kristin Echanique
Hopatcong, Sussex SCD |
GRADES 7 - 8
First Place - $200 Bond
Lucy Chen
Hopatcong, Sussex SCD
Second
Place - $100 Bond
Jamie Gumann
Freehold, Freehold SCD
Third
Place - $50 Bond
Brian Goodfriend
Neshanic Station, Somerset-Union SCD |
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