Dunn Youth Environmental Education

National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD’s) Stewardship Week

NACD’s 69^th Stewardship Week will be celebrated April 28th – May 5th, 2024.  The goal of this celebration, which has been held annually since 1955, is to remind us of our responsibility to care for our natural resources. 

The theme for 2024 is “May The Forest Be With You Always”.  Visit NACD’s website to find out more about this year’s theme. Their “Marketplace” offers free downloadable educational materials to educators on this topic. 

• https://www.nacdnet.org/news-and-events/stewardship-week/         

Land Judging Contest

• The annual Dunn County Conservation Awareness Speaking & Poster Contests are held each year in the late fall. Youth in grades 5-12 are eligible to participate in the speaking contest and the poster contest is open to kindergarten through twelfth grade students.
• Speeches must promote the conservation of natural resources and the protection or enhancement of environmental quality. Topics may include, but are not limited to, soil and water conservation, water pollution, air quality, wildlife, forestry, land use, toxic and hazardous wastes, and solid waste disposal or recycling. Emphasis should be placed on the subject as it relates to our locality or to Wisconsin.
• The theme for the poster contest is chosen each year by the National Association of Conservation Districts and the NACD Auxiliary. Posters are evaluated on the following criteria:  Conservation message, visual effectiveness, originality, universal appeal, and individual artwork. Students compete at county and area competitions with the winning posters advancing to the State Competition in March at the WI Land + Water's Annual Conference. The first place posters from the state competition represent Wisconsin at the National Association of Conservation District's Annual Meeting.
• First place winners in each of the three divisions of the speaking contest (Elementary, Junior and Senior) compete in the West Central Area Association contest. The first place posters also move on to the West Central Area level

• 2024 - May the Forest Be With You Always Posters
• 2024 Conservation Poster Contest Winners

• Participants from nine counties are represented at this event: Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, and St. Croix. Students awarded first place in each of the divisions at both the speaking and poster contests move on to compete at the State competition in March which is held at the WI Land + Water's Annual Conference.