{"id":46553,"date":"2026-01-20T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=46553"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:32:58","slug":"maryland-fifth-graders-invited-to-enter-2026-arbor-day-poster-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2026\/01\/20\/maryland-fifth-graders-invited-to-enter-2026-arbor-day-poster-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Fifth Graders Invited to Enter 2026 Arbor Day Poster Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54474187120_4991e93103.jpg\" alt=\"People standing with artwork on easels\" width=\"466\" height=\"311\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources staff stand with the top three winners of the 2025 Arbor Day Poster Contest. Maryland DNR photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2026 Maryland Fifth Grade Arbor Day Poster Contest is now open for submissions.\u00a0 Maryland fifth graders are invited to create original artwork showing how trees enrich our lives by providing clean air, wildlife habitat, beauty, and inspiration. This year\u2019s official theme is: \u201cTrees are terrific \u2026 and color our world!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All entries must be delivered to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/contacts.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">local Maryland Forest Service office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by noon on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">April 1, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Posters will be judged on a county level and then submitted to the Maryland Urban and Community Forest Committee to compete at the statewide level. A select panel featuring DNR Sec. Josh Kurtz and other DNR staff will then choose the top three winning posters.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each winner will receive tree plantings at the artists\u2019 schools \u2500 first place will win 15 trees, second place will receive 10, and third place will receive five. Teachers will be notified after the winners are chosen and school plantings will be scheduled this spring. Additionally, the top three prize winners will receive a Smokey Bear gift pack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Details are available on the Maryland Forest Service\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/Arbor-Day-Poster-Contest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arbor Day Poster Contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> webpage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Maryland Fifth Grade Arbor Day Poster Contest is now open for submissions.\u00a0 Maryland fifth graders are invited to create original artwork showing how trees enrich our lives by providing clean air, wildlife habitat, beauty, and inspiration. This year\u2019s official theme is: \u201cTrees are terrific \u2026 and color our world!\u201d All entries must be<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2026\/01\/20\/maryland-fifth-graders-invited-to-enter-2026-arbor-day-poster-contest\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-46553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46553","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=46553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46555,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46553\/revisions\/46555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}