2017 Poster Contest Theme

The 2017 Poster Contest theme is "Healthy Soils Are Full of Life!" Click on the contest's rules and entry form as they have been updated.

Additional resources are available for download on the NACD contest page as well as on 2017 stewardship page.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact NACD at stewardship@nacdnet.org.

2016 Poster and Photo Contest Winners

NACD and the NACD Auxiliary are excited to announce and congratulate the winners of the 2016 We All Need Trees Poster Contest

K-1 category winners are:

• Ciara Waltenberg of Portage County Land and Water Conservation District in Wisconsin (1st place)
• Allison Eden of Jones County Soil and Water Conservation District in Mississippi (2nd place)
• Caroline Robinson of Rutherford County Soil Conservation District in Tennessee (3rd place)

2 - 3 category:

• Tanvi Reddy of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (1st place)
• Ashton Truenow of Lake Soil and Water Conservation District in Florida (2nd place)
• Emma Wosmek of Noble County Conservation District in Oklahoma (3rd place)

4 - 6 category:

• Eason Li of New Castle Conservation District in Delaware (1st place)
• Katie McDonnell of Marion Soil and Water Conservation District in Florida (2nd place)
• Andrew Kim of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (3rd place)

7 - 9 category:

• Kaitlyn Couchman of Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District in Iowa (1st place)
• Brooklyn Hanson of Ashland County Land and Water Conservation District in Wisconsin (2nd place)
• Chia-Hsuan Lin of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (3rd place)

10 -12 category:

• Alice Fang of Freehold Soil Conservation District in New Jersey (1st place)
• Cody Hodge of Bedford County Soil Conservation District in Tennessee (2nd place)
• Jessica Venvertloh of Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District in Missouri (3rd place)

We're also proud to announce and 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 (1st place, adult division)
• Sid Osofsky of Laurens County Soil and Water Conservation District in South Carolina (2nd place, adult division)
• Riley Shaw of Niobrara Conservation District in Wyoming (1st place, youth division)
• Anna Jorgenson of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District of Minnesota (2nd place, youth division)

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

• Dawn Martin of Mercer County Soil Conservation District in North Dakota (1st place, adult division)
• Anna MacDonald of Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District in Iowa (2nd place, adult division)
• Emma Lee of Vernon County Land and Water Conservation District in Wisconsin (1st place, youth division)
• Rianna Ryan of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota (2nd place, youth division)

The winners of the Conservation in Action category are:

• Kristi Hill of Deer Creek Conservation District in Oklahoma (1st place, adult division)
• Marjorie Phillips of Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District in Indiana (2nd place, adult division)
• Jason Walker of Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District in Indiana (1st place, youth division)
• Grace Nordmeyer of New Castle Conservation District in Delaware (2nd place, youth division)

In the Conservation Practices category, the winners are:

• Troy Bishopp of Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District in New York (1st place, adult division)
• Richard Mickowski of New Castle Conservation District in Delaware (2nd place, adult division)
• Adeline Peters of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota (1st place, youth division)
• Anna Jorgenson of Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District in Minnesota (2nd place, youth division)

To learn more about NACD’s stewardship efforts, visit our website.