News Release

PA Students Create Conservation Art

The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. (PACD) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2002 PACD Poster Contest. The contest, open to students in grades K - 12, offers young people an opportunity to express their views on natural resources and the environment through art. The two poster contest themes for 2002 are: "The Gift of Trees," and "Exploring Nature in Your Neighborhood."

The winners of the 2002 PACD Poster Contest are:

• Leah Kuhn (York County) - Kindergarten to First Grade;
  
  
• Julie Ivicic (Centre County) - Second to Third Grade;
  
  
• Alisha Webb (Bedford County) - Fourth to Sixth Grade;
  
  
• Molly Lower (York County) - Seventh to Ninth Grade; and
  
  
• Melissa Hullihan (Northumberland County) - Tenth to Twelfth Grade.
  

These five students will each be awarded a cash prize and a framed certificate, courtesy of the PACD Auxiliary, and will be invited to attend the PACD Awards Luncheon Program, where their posters will be unveiled to the audience.

Individual entries to the PACD Poster Contest previously captured first place in a competition held by their county conservation district. Winners of the PACD statewide poster contest will be forwarded to the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), to represent Pennsylvania in the NACD National Poster Contest.

The PACD annually hosts a poster contest for students in grades K - 12. The contest is sponsored by the PACD Auxiliary and is open to students from both public and private schools. Annual poster contest themes vary based on National Wildlife Week activities, NACD Stewardship Week activities and the availability of PACD supporting materials. Rules and regulations for the 2002 PACD Poster Contest are available on the Association's website: www.pacd.org.