2021 Poster Contest
The Conservation Poster contest is open to kindergarten through twelfth grade students and posters are evaluated on the following criteria:
The 2021 National Poster Contest theme is: "Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities"
Please read through the updated guidelines and forms as some rules have changed.
(parental signatures required)
Click here for a printable copy of the Entry Form-2021 Conservation Poster Contest Guidelines
- Conservation message
- Visual effectiveness
- Originality
- Universal appeal
- Individual artwork
The 2021 National Poster Contest theme is: "Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities"
Please read through the updated guidelines and forms as some rules have changed.
(parental signatures required)
- Please note: poster sizes can be 12x18 or 14x22
- Any media may be used: paint, crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, stickers, paper or other materials on regular posters. No computer generated posters.
- The 2021 contest theme “Healthy Forest = Healthy Communities” must be on your paper
- To be eligible for judging, each poster must have a signed entry form attached to the back of it.
Click here for a printable copy of the Entry Form-2021 Conservation Poster Contest Guidelines
2020 Photo Contest
Photo Contest Details
The Crawford County Land & Water Conservation Department is holding a Conservation Photo Contest. This contest is open to amateur photographers who are residents of Crawford County Wisconsin. Pictures must be taken in Crawford County Wisconsin. Participants can enter as many as five photos total each year. Each photo has to fit in one of the four natural resource or conservation photo categories listed below.
If you have any questions, please contact Becky Nagel at 608-326-0270 or by email to bnagel@crawfordcountywi.org.
Photo Categories
Before taking your photos or submitting them for the contest, please review the detailed explanation of the photo categories. Judges reserve the right to determine if a photograph is appropriately categorized and change a photographer’s category accordingly.
Conservation Practices:
You can find examples of ideas for each category at:
https://www.nacdnet.org/general-resources/stewardship-and-education-materials/contests/
The top three winners will be selected for each category and age division (adults are 19 and older as of December 1, 2019.) Each winner will receive a small prize and will have the opportunity to compete in the National Photo Contest set up by the National Association of Conservation Districts, for a chance to win cash prizes.
Entry Instructions
Entry Guidelines
The deadline to enter the 2020 Photo Contest is November 1, 2020. All entry forms must be postmarked by November 1, 2020. Participants can enter as many as five photos total each year. Only amateur photographers are eligible to compete. An amateur photographer is one whose majority of income does not come from photography.
Digital Enhancement
Minor digital enhancements for cropping, red-eye removal, filters and corrective functions are permitted, but images that have been judged to be altered in any significant manner will be disqualified. Contestants are not permitted to place borders, frames or backgrounds around their images or to place watermarks, dates, signatures or copyright images onto photos.
Photo Rights
All entries can be used by Crawford County Land Conservation, Planning & Zoning Department in publications or for promotional purposes.
Click here for a printable copy of the Photo Contest Rules
The Crawford County Land & Water Conservation Department is holding a Conservation Photo Contest. This contest is open to amateur photographers who are residents of Crawford County Wisconsin. Pictures must be taken in Crawford County Wisconsin. Participants can enter as many as five photos total each year. Each photo has to fit in one of the four natural resource or conservation photo categories listed below.
If you have any questions, please contact Becky Nagel at 608-326-0270 or by email to bnagel@crawfordcountywi.org.
Photo Categories
Before taking your photos or submitting them for the contest, please review the detailed explanation of the photo categories. Judges reserve the right to determine if a photograph is appropriately categorized and change a photographer’s category accordingly.
Conservation Practices:
- Contour Buffer Strips, Contour Farming and Strip Cropping, Cover Crops, Critical Area Planting, Crop Residue Management, Crop Rotation, Diversions, Field Borders, Grade Stabilization Structures (dam/embankment), Grass Waterways, Livestock Management, Manure Storage and Runoff Control, Nutrient Management, Pasture Planting, Pest Management, Riparian Buffer, Rotational Grazing, Stream Bank and Shoreline Stabilization, Terraces, Tree Planting, Upland Wildlife Habitat, Water and Sediment Control Basin, Well Abandonment, Wetland Restoration, Wildlife Food Plot, Windbreaks, and Woodlot Management.
- Aquatic Insects, Water, Crops, Plants, Soil, Sediment, Farm Animals, Irrigation, Flowers, Worms, Roots, Compost.
- Conservation districts in action; conservation planning; district events (community meetings, field days, fairs, exhibits); farmers or landowners (conservation-related events, etc.); interaction with landowners; irrigating crops or watering flowers; office staff at work; supervisors or board members at meetings; technical staff at work; youth (school programs, speech, poster contests, Envirothon, on-farm, conservation-related events, etc.)
- Barns, Crops, Farm Practices, Farmers or landowners, Fence Rows, Grazing, Implements and Tools, Livestock, Pasture, Ponds, Ranching, Tree Farm, Youth
You can find examples of ideas for each category at:
https://www.nacdnet.org/general-resources/stewardship-and-education-materials/contests/
The top three winners will be selected for each category and age division (adults are 19 and older as of December 1, 2019.) Each winner will receive a small prize and will have the opportunity to compete in the National Photo Contest set up by the National Association of Conservation Districts, for a chance to win cash prizes.
Entry Instructions
- Complete and Submit Photo Contest Entry Form and Photo Release Form one for each photo you would like to enter in the contest, along with the photos you are submitting. Photos must be in a JEPG or TIFF file format.
- If you are submitting a photo in which a subject or model’s face is recognizable, you must complete and submit Subject and Model Release Form with your photo(s) a parent or guardian must consent for people under 18 years old.
- Form Submissions: Completed Photo Contest Entry Form and Photo Release Form and Subject and Model Release Form can be emailed, mailed or dropped off at: Crawford County Land Conservation Planning & Zoning Dept., 225 N. Beaumont Rd., Suite 230, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821. Please note, photos MUST be submitted electronically, even if you submit form(s) by mail. Submit electronic photo files (JEPEG or TIFF format) to bnagel@crawfordcountywi.org Make sure to include what category you are entering the photo in and your name and age.
Entry Guidelines
The deadline to enter the 2020 Photo Contest is November 1, 2020. All entry forms must be postmarked by November 1, 2020. Participants can enter as many as five photos total each year. Only amateur photographers are eligible to compete. An amateur photographer is one whose majority of income does not come from photography.
Digital Enhancement
Minor digital enhancements for cropping, red-eye removal, filters and corrective functions are permitted, but images that have been judged to be altered in any significant manner will be disqualified. Contestants are not permitted to place borders, frames or backgrounds around their images or to place watermarks, dates, signatures or copyright images onto photos.
Photo Rights
All entries can be used by Crawford County Land Conservation, Planning & Zoning Department in publications or for promotional purposes.
Click here for a printable copy of the Photo Contest Rules