The Soil and Water Conservation Districts Poster Contest is held every year for students in the 5th and 6th grades who are living or going to school in Minnesota.   Students submit their poster to the district for judging. There is a winner for each participating school, and an overall winner for the county.  The winning posters in the county advance to  the area contest, and the winner of the area contest advances to the state contest. 

The 2004 theme is "Community Waters."   Posters were judged using the following criterion:

             50% for impact of conservation message - written and artistic message
             30% originality
             20% artistic arrangement

Three schools participated this year.  There were a lot of wonderful posters, and it was a tough (and close) vote.  This year's winner for Beltrami County is Erin Hawes from Mrs. Johnson's Class at Blackduck Elementary.   

 Congratulations Erin!

Beltrami County Winner 

 
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Bemidji (Northern School) winner: 
Miranda Hall from Mrs. Grime's class!

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Blackduck School winner:
Rachel Peterson from Mr. Johnson's class!

St Mary's Mission School (Red Lake) winner: 
Michelle Stately from Sister Cunningham's class!

For more information and official contest rules, see the MASWCD site at:

http://www.maswcd.org/Youth_Education/youth_education_packet.htm

2002-2003 Winners