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 2007 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

                                          Overall Winner - Lexie Stenson - Northern School

                                         First Place Winner - Emily Groshens - Northern School 

                                        2nd Place Winner - Emily Quamme - Northern School

For official contest rules, see the MASWCD site at: http://www.maswcd.org