Sauk County NACD Poster Competition

2024 Sauk County NACD Conservation Awareness Poster - Poster Contest Results

One hundred and twenty-seven Sauk County students in grades K-12 created posters for the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Conservation Awareness Poster competition. The Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department sponsored the program locally, encouraging students to submit unique artwork to address this year’s theme, “May the Forest Be with You Always”.

The first-place poster from each grade division moves on to regional, state, and national competitions. Students receive prizes and awards at each level where their posters compete and win. Sauk County awarded a special prize for the classroom with the most student participation at the local level. Our winners received Amazon gift cards, reusable water bottles, coloring books, and custard coupons this year. The first-place winners were also awarded a Sauk County Parks annual pass.

Awards for the Primary Division for grades K-1^st went to Lynnette Herrild, 1^st Place; Jenell Bindl, 2^nd Place; and Nova Tanner, 3^rd Place. An honorable mention award was awarded to Mylah Reynolds. Lynnette’s poster moved on to compete at the Southern Area Regional Competition, taking home the first-place award. Lynnette’s poster will now move on to compete at the State Competition.

In the Elementary Division for grades 2-3, awards went to Mackenna Herrild, 1^st Place; Castiel Schultz, 2^nd Place; and Molly Philo, 3^rd Place. Mackenna’s poster moved on to compete at the Southern Area Regional Competition, where she won second place!

Awards for the Middle Division for grades 4-6 went to Kallie Sadler, 1^st Place; Harper Koch, 2^nd Place; and Itzel Vazquez, 3^rd Place. Judges also awarded an honorable mention award to Bella Berg. Kallie’s poster moved on to compete at the Southern Area Regional competition, winning another first-place award, and will also compete at the State Competition

Awards for the Junior Division for grades 7-9 went to Hannah Burchfield, 1^st Place; Kyllie Smith, 2^nd Place; and Gavin Abbott, 3^rd Place. Judges awarded an honorable mention award to Makenzie Weaver. Hannah’s poster moved on to compete at the Southern Area Regional competition to win a first-place award. Hannah’s poster will now move on to compete at the State Competition.

For the Senior Division for grades 10-12, the winning posters were awarded to Ashlyn Lichman, 1^st Place; Taitym Spencer, 2^nd Place; and Kaden Plumley, 3^rd Place. Judges awarded an honorable mention award to Brady Favreau. Ashlyn’s poster went on to win first place at the Southern Area Regional Competition.

Ashlyn’s poster will join Lynnette Herrild’s, Kallie Sadler’s, and Hannah Burchfield’s posters to compete in their respective grade division at the Wisconsin State competition on March 6^th – 8^th at the annual WI Land + Water Conference, where conservation professionals from around the state vote on the top posters for each grade division. The winning poster for each grade level will move on to the national competition.

Congratulations to all of the students for their hard work and creativity! The judges were very impressed with the creativity and level of thought that each student put into their poster.

To see the 2024 winning posters for Sauk County, visit our website: https://www.co.sauk.wi.us/landconservation/sauk-county-nacd-poster-competition. For the 2024 state competition results, you can visit the WI Land & Water website: https://wisconsinlandwater.org/our-work/youth-education  for all the details.

Information and registration forms for the 2025 NACD Conservation Poster Contest will be made available on our website this fall. If you would like to participate or have any questions about this program, contact us at 608-355-3245 or conservation@saukcountywi.gov