{"id":38278,"date":"2023-03-07T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38278"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:59:33","slug":"maryland-forest-service-names-2023-arbor-day-poster-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/03\/07\/maryland-forest-service-names-2023-arbor-day-poster-contest-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Forest Service Names 2023 Arbor Day Poster Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carroll County Student Awarded First Prize<\/em><\/p>\n

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Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz and Maryland First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore stand with the top three entries in the 2023 Maryland Arbor Day Poster Contest. Photo by Patrick Siebert, Office of the Governor<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n

The judging is complete for the 2023 Arbor Day poster contest, sponsored by the <\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a>. Maryland First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore joined Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz and a panel of forestry experts to review submissions and award three Maryland schools with tree plantings this spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis annual contest is a wonderful way to engage students and to celebrate protecting the environment through artistic expression,\u201d said Maryland First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore. \u201cI am always amazed to see what passionate young minds can do when given the tools and inspiration to express their creativity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each fall, the Maryland Forest Service, in partnership with the Maryland Forest Conservancy District Boards, invites Maryland\u2019s fifth graders to submit a poster following a yearly theme. Posters are first judged on a county level and the winner from each county is forwarded to the <\/span>Maryland Urban and Community Forestry Committee<\/span><\/a> to be included in the annual contest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students created this year\u2019s posters using various artistic techniques, illustrating this year\u2019s contest theme, \u201cTrees Are Terrific\u2026\u200band Cool Our Communities\u200b!\u201d Addilyn Centineo, of Eldersburg, Carroll County won <\/span>first place<\/span><\/a> and her school will receive 15 trees for planting. <\/span>Second place<\/span><\/a>, with a prize of 10 trees, was awarded to Daisy Vargas-Martinez of Pittsville, Wicomico County. Emma Secrist of Accident, Garrett County won <\/span>third place<\/span><\/a> and a prize of five trees.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Judges reviewed posters from several Maryland counties, displayed anonymously during the contest. Photo by Patrick Siebert, Office of the Governor<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe Arbor Day Poster Contest is a great display for our young people to get involved in and spread the word about environmental stewardship,\u201d said Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz. \u201cThis year\u2019s message is especially important, highlighting the connection of trees, quality of life, and combatting the effects of climate change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Winning entries and more event photos are available <\/span>on the Department of Natural Resources website<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carroll County Student Awarded First Prize The judging is complete for the 2023 Arbor Day poster contest, sponsored by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Maryland First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore joined Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz and a panel of forestry experts to review submissions and award three Maryland schools with  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965],"tags":[2941,5357,5352,4994,4052],"class_list":["post-38278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","tag-arbor-day-poster-contest","tag-dawn-flythe-moore","tag-josh-kurtz","tag-maryland-forest-service","tag-maryland-urban-and-community-forest-committee"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38278"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38311,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38278\/revisions\/38311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}