Education Programs -- Contest Winners

Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District offers programming to promote healthy land and water to professionals, including engineers, developers, municipalities, and to students and teachers, including elementary, high school and college.  Learn more about the programs and contests on our Education Page

KDSWCD 2022 Poster & Photo Contest Winners

Poster Contest Grand Prize  Grade K-1  Everett T.
Poster Contest Grand Prize   Grade 7-9   Talia C.
Poster Contest Grand Prize   Grade 2-3   Serenity D.
Poster Contest First Runner Up   Grade 2-3   Julian T.
Poster Contest Grand Prize   Grade 4-6  Alexander T.
Poster Contest First Runner Up  Grade 4-6   Starri G.
Photo Contest   Adult   Nature Closeup   First Place   Dave E.
Photo Contest     Adult   Life On Farm  First Place  Robert A.
Photo Contest   Adult   Nature Closeup   First Runner Up    Robert A.
Photo Contest     Youth   Nature Close Up    First Place  Syda A.
Photo Contest    Youth   Life On Farm    First Place  Marlee C.
Photo Contest    Youth   Life On Farm    First Runner Up   Dniya L-S
Photo Contest    Youth   Conservation Practices   First Place  Marlee C.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Poster
& Photo Contests!
Watch for information about the 2023 contests

KDSWCD 2021 Photo & Poster Contest Winners

Poster Contest Grand Prize  Grade K-1  Gabriela Bastin
Photo Contest  Youth   Close-Up Conservation
1st Place – Rise of Beauty            Marlee Christiansen
Poster Contest Grand Prize   Grade 4-6   Noah Cho
Poster Contest Grand Prize   Grade 10-12    Anaid Braun
Photo Contest Winner   Adult   Coservation Practices
River Rock     Marianne Dyer
Photo Contest  Winner   Adult   Close-up Coservation
A Gaggle of Goslings     Marianne Dyer
Photo Contest   Youth Youth Close-up Conservation
Runner Up    Who Are You?   Noah Cho
Poster Contest Runner Up   Grade 10-12     Reagan Fikejs
Poster Contest Runner Up    Grade 4-6    Marlee Christiansen

Thank You to all who submitted entries!

Watch our website for information about contests
in 2022

Congratulations to our 2021 Soil & Water Stewardship Scholarship Recipient
Ben Schaub

Ben is a graduating senior from Downers Grove High School. He will be attending Colorado State University where he will pursue a degree in Environmental Engineering and hopes to focus on watershed engineering. Outside of school he is an avid fly-fisherman and spends most of his free time exploring and fishing waterways throughout the country. Ben says, “This passion has led to my deep connection with water, which is why I am so honored to be a recipient of the Soil and Water Stewardship Scholarship.”   The scholarship is for $1000
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