Dawson King, a third grader at Gallatin R-5 and son of Gary and Shelly King of Lake Viking, was selected as a state winner in the National Conservation Poster Contest, which is sponsored by the Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. His poster was the winner in the class for second and third graders, with awards presented at Tan-Tar-A Resort at Lake of the Ozarks on Nov. 27.
Dawson’s poster will now advance to the national competition sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD). National winners will be announced at the 2019 NACD Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, in February. The top three posters in each category of the national contest will receive monetary prizes.
The annual National Conservation Poster Contest provides kindergarten through 12th grade students with an opportunity to share their thoughts about soil, water and related issues. It also highlights the educational efforts of the local soil and water conservation districts. This year’s theme was “Watersheds: Our Water, Our Home.”
Twenty-one counties in Missouri participated in this year’s event. Dawson’s poster and posters in four other classes were selected as state winners because they best convey the idea of the theme, Our Water, Our Home.
Dawson King, a third grader at Gallatin R-5 and son of Gary and Shelly King of Lake Viking, was selected as a state winner in the National Conservation Poster Contest, which is sponsored by the Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. His poster was the winner in the class for second and third graders, with awards presented at Tan-Tar-A Resort at Lake of the Ozarks on Nov. 27.