66th Annual Poster & Speaking Contests

As part of the conference, our Youth Education Committee hosted the 66th Annual Conservation Awareness Poster and Speaking Contests. The speaking contest featured students from across Wisconsin delivering speeches on important conservation topics, while the poster contest showcased artwork with the theme of “One Water.” Members of the Youth Education Committee and volunteers from county land conservation departments judged the speaking contest, and our members and conference registrants voted on student posters.

At the conference’s opening luncheon, the first-place winners from the elementary, junior, and senior divisions of the speaking contest presented their speeches to a crowd of almost 500 conservation professionals and guests from across the state. The speeches addressed a relevant issue related to soil and water conservation, with an emphasis on its impact on their locality or Wisconsin. For the poster contest, the first-place winners in the primary, elementary, middle, junior and senior divisions will represent Wisconsin at the National Association of Conservation Districts’ Poster Contest held at their annual meeting in 2024.

To see the winning posters and speeches, visit wisconsinlandwater. org/our-work/youth-education/posterspeaking-contest/2023-contest-results.