Classroom Presentations
Teachers, Scout leaders, and youth group leaders are encouraged to contact the local office to learn about conservation education programs that are available. These programs can be tailored to your needs.
Teachers, Scout leaders, and youth group leaders are encouraged to contact the local office to learn about conservation education programs that are available. These programs can be tailored to your needs.
The morning and afternoon preschool classes each planted a pinon pine on the school grounds. The trees will help to serve as a windbreak along the south side of the school near the playground.
Conservation Poster Contest
Every fall, the local 6th grade students at Custer County Middle School participate in the Conservation Poster Contest. Homeschooled 6th grade students are also welcome to enter the contest. A new conservation theme is chosen each year for the students to learn about and then illustrate. Posters are judged on how well the theme is portrayed, neatness, and overall pleasing appearance. First place winning posters move on to the state level. It is a great opportunity for students to display their conservation awareness and their artistic abilities!
Every fall, the local 6th grade students at Custer County Middle School participate in the Conservation Poster Contest. Homeschooled 6th grade students are also welcome to enter the contest. A new conservation theme is chosen each year for the students to learn about and then illustrate. Posters are judged on how well the theme is portrayed, neatness, and overall pleasing appearance. First place winning posters move on to the state level. It is a great opportunity for students to display their conservation awareness and their artistic abilities!
2022 Poster Contest
The 2022 Hand-Drawn Poster Contest “Healthy Soil, Healthy Life” is open for submissions until December 1, 2022. Submissions must be submitted by the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts. CACD will automatically submit the Colorado State Contest First Place Winner, as long as all required forms are received prior to the State Association Contest November 28-29, 2022. Winning entries will be selected by your local district and sent to the state level for judging.
State winner entries will then be sent to the national level, where one overall winner will be selected and announced at the 2022 NACD Annual Meeting in Florida, Orlando. Winners will be posted to the NACD website.
Monetary prizes will be awarded to the 1st - 3rd place winners in each category at the national level.
$200 for 1st Place Winners
$150 for 2nd Place Winners
$100 for 3rd Place Winners
For more information download the files below.
State winner entries will then be sent to the national level, where one overall winner will be selected and announced at the 2022 NACD Annual Meeting in Florida, Orlando. Winners will be posted to the NACD website.
Monetary prizes will be awarded to the 1st - 3rd place winners in each category at the national level.
$200 for 1st Place Winners
$150 for 2nd Place Winners
$100 for 3rd Place Winners
For more information download the files below.
| 2022-poster_contest_rules_ino_and_tips.pptx |
| healthy_soil_5th_grade_guide.pdf |
| healthy_soil_6th_grade_guide.pdf |
Camp Rocky
Campers receive hands-on experience in resource management.
What is Camp Rocky?
Camp Rocky is a week long, residential camp for 14 through 19 year olds who enjoy the outdoors and are interested in natural resources. The Camp Rocky professional staff helps participants learn about their environment through hands-on experience. The students work in teams making new friends from across Colorado. Each year, new and returning students choose one of the following resource fields for their area of focus.
Interested?
Contact our local office for more information and sponsorship availability or visit http://www.coloradoacd.org/camprocky.
Riparian River Trailer
The Riparian River Trailer is a great conservation education tool because...
Contact our office to reserve the river trailer for your classroom or educational event!
The Riparian River Trailer is a great conservation education tool because...
- It's a hands-on model that simulates a watershed and its river system. Kids get their hands and minds involved!
- It's an educational tool that shows the parts of a river system - headwaters, riparian zones, and floodplains.
- It makes it easy for students to understand the effects of soil and water erosion, and the benefits of soil and water conservation planning.
- It's a whole lot of fun!
Contact our office to reserve the river trailer for your classroom or educational event!
Watershed/Soils Tent
This is another educational tool that can be utilized along with the river trailer or entirely on its own.
This is another educational tool that can be utilized along with the river trailer or entirely on its own.
