Local Kid Catalena Kuntz Second Place Grades 2-3 in Statewide Poster Contest!

Poster Contest Winners

At the MACD Spring Board meeting we had the pleasure of judging posters from across the state for the annual NACD Poster Contest. Districts asked local students to create posters around this year’s theme, “Local Heroes: Your Hard Working Pollinators”. Each district submitted their top posters in each age category to the state contest.

Those that received first place as judged in the state contest at the spring board meeting will be sent to the National Association of Conservation Districts to compete with other posters from across the nation.

Here are our state contest winners:  see posters at link–http://macdnet.org/blog/2015/06/17/poster-contest-winners/

And the winners are….

Thank you to all who stopped by the District Pollinator Booth at the McCone County Fair this past weekend.

Congratulations to the winners of the Flower seed bomb tool kit (slingshot & many flower seed bombs).

Kaitlyn Thoeny (child category)

Larry Schipman (adult category)

 

McCone County Fair August 14-16

We will be at the McCone County Fair August 14th, 15th & 16th hosting an informational pollinator booth.

Information will be on pollinators–bees, butterfiles, birds and bats.  There will be pollinator literature and kids activity pages.  Free give-a-way:  Pollinator seed box and noxious weed posters.  There will be a drawing for two flower seed bomb tool kits.

Pollinator seed box:  May contain annual sunflower, purple prairie clover, plains coreopsis, blue flax, black-eyed Susan, blanket flower, sainfoin, white clover, yellow sweet clover, tansy aster, butterfly weed, showy milkweed*, alfalfa, goldenrod, Rocky Mountain bee plant, Western yarrow, wild lupine, hairy vetch, lemon bee balm and white evening primrose.

* Showy milkweed is native to Montana and in large quantities, may be toxic to cattle.  Please note that there are not sufficient quantities in each sample to cause any harm.   This seed is contained in the pollinator mix because it is the main food source for Monarch butterflies.  Without milkweed, the Monarch caterpillars die.  We are doing our part to protect this beautiful butterfly.

We hope to see you at the Fair!