The Green County Land and Water Conservation Department recently held its annual conservation poster contest. The conservation poster contest is open to kindergarten through twelfth grade students. Students are broken into five grade categories. Posters are evaluated on the following criteria: conservation message, visual effectiveness, originality, universal appeal, and individual artwork. The theme of this year’s contest was Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities.

The Green County place winners are as follows:

Grades 2-3: First Place: Logan Derendinger, St. Victor; Second Place:...