National Association of Conservation Districts

National Association of Conservation Districts

NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by providing national leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation.

Forests for People:
More Than You Can Imagine!



Thank you for your interest in the NACD 2011 Poster Contest. This will be a special year for NACD. We are collaborating with the USDA-Forest Service and American Forest Foundation/Project Learning Tree for this special 2011 Forestry Theme. 2011 has been declared the International Year of Forests by the United Nations.

2011 Contest Theme

Forests for People: More Than You Can Imagine!
Posters can also use the theme "Forests for People"

Poster Categories

Poster category by grade:

The contest is open to public, private or home school students.

Background

We want to connect people to the forest whether they have one in their back yard, in their state or no forests at all. We all have a connection to the trees in the forest that provide wood for our homes, furniture or cork for the center of our baseballs. We can thank trees that help clean the air we breathe. Trees play an important part in the lives of many farmers across the nation, for food we eat, how forests are managed and products we received from them. Forests are great to hike in as well as watching wildlife and birds. Forests are great to hike in as well as watching wildlife and birds. There is a lot to learn about forests!

Stay tuned for lots of exciting forestry education materials and other resources to help you celebrate the 2011 International Year of Forests.

Rules and Resources

Click here for a full list of rules and resources.

To enter the contest

Entries at the local and state contest must follow the rules and dates for when your poster is due that is set by local organizers.

Local contests are held by your local conservation district. Rules may differ from the national contest rules. To find your local conservation district, click here.

Local and state entries

All local contests: please fill out the Local Contest Posters to State Contest Form and include it with entries to area or state contests.

State Entries must fill out state to national poster contest form before shipping their posters.

National Entries

Each entry for the national contest must have the 2011 Contest Entry Form filled out and signed by guardian or parent to be judged.

Prizes

The top two posters in each category of the national contest will receive monetary prizes. First place winners will receive $100 and second place winners will receive $75. Prizes at the national level are sponsored by the NACD Auxiliary.

National Entries must follow the 2011 Poster Contest Rules | PDF |

Please note: Only posters judged at the local and state level are eligible for the national contest.

Other Useful Tools and Information for participants to design their posters

Local and State Organizers

Click here for more information if you are a local or state organizer.

Questions? Contact Susan Schultz, NACD's Stewardship and Education Coordinator, at stewardship@nacdnet.org.

Susan Schultz
968 East 600 North
Greenfield, IN 46140



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