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Youth Conservation Poster Contest
Calumet County sponsors an annual Conservation Poster Contest. Students in grades K through 12 can participate. The contest provides an opportunity for young people to become more aware of the conservation of our natural resources through artistic design. Winners receive an award and a chance to compete at the Lake Winnebago Land and Water Conservation Association, and possibly the state-wide competition held in March.
2022 Theme: "Healthy Soils, Healthy Life"
Entries are DUE JANUARY 5, 2022.
All posters must be 14 inches by 22 inches or 12 inches by 18 inches and have the theme "Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities" on the Poster. Posters will be judged on conservation message, visual effectiveness, originality and visual appeal. To learn more about forestry health, please used the resources found further down. Each entry must include an entry form attached to the pack of the poster. Please complete and print off the 2021 entry form (PDF).
For Parents/ Guardians
If your student wishes to participate in the local contest, please email Dani Santry as soon as possible. Entries are due January 5th, 2022, and can be mailed or dropped off to our office:
Land & Water Conservation Department
206 Court Street
Room 227
Chilton, WI 53014
Posters should be packaged so they remain flat while sent to our office.
For Teachers
If you wish to incorporate the poster contest into your classroom curriculum, you may have each student complete a poster. Email Dani Santry for more details and arrange for staff to pick up the posters. While this is a free event, please contact our office if supply cost is an issue but you have students who would like to participate. Posters should be packaged so they remain flat while sent to our office.
What is Healthy Soil? Teacher Resource Presentation - A powerpoint that includes slides and resources for teachers. Please download after clicking on the link to open the file.
Resources for Students
K-12 Appropriate
- Soil Biology: by Soil Science Society of America, website
- Berlese Funnel Experiment (PDF): by Soil Science Society of America, classroom experiment
Middle & High School Age Appropriate:
- The Science of Soil Health: Changing the way we think about Soil Microbes: by USDA NRSC, YouTube video.
Past Themes and Resources
Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities? (2021 Theme)
Elementary School Age Appropriate:
- Why Would Anyone Cut Down a Tree?: A Book on Forestry Management - Ages 3 - 8 (or older)
K-12 Appropriate
- Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities: A powerpoint slide presentation produced by the National Association of Conservation Districts, the poster contest's national sponsor. For slides with NOTES: Slide with Notes
- A Forest Story A video on how a forest becomes unhealthy and how managers are working to improve the health of forests again through selective cutting. www.healthyforests.org
- What A Tree Can Do: A Video that describes how we are looking to trees as the renewable resource of the future. www.healthyforests.org
- US Forest Service: Trees Webpage with information on trees and the 4 major threats to trees.
Where Would We Be Without Pollinators? (2020 Theme)
Elementary School Age Appropriate:
K-12 Appropriate
What is a Watershed (2018 Theme)
- USGS website - provides a cool interactive cartoon map of a watershed
- Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance website - students can choose to take the pledge to protect local waterways.
Elementary School Age Appropriate:
- What is a Watershed: by Battle River Watershed
- Freddy the Fish Teaches About Stormwater: by NCTCOG E&D
Middle & High School Age Appropriate:
- What is a Watershed: by Battle River Watershed
- Watersheds, Runoff, & Pollution: By Smarty Pants News
The posters will be judged by local conservation professionals and county supervisors.