Winners Chosen for 7th Annual Essay Contest

The Cayuga Lake Watershed Network's 7th Annual Essay Contest addressing this year’s topic “SUSTAINING OUR PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES: WHAT CAN AN INDIVIDUAL DO? WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO” announces winners in 3 categories. The caliber of the essays was high, and the committee of judges struggled to select the winning essays among the entries. The winners received cash prizes totaling $520. The Funding has been donated by ITT Industries/Goulds Pumps, which has pump manufacturing facilities in Seneca Falls and Auburn. To read the winning essays, click on the winners' names. The winners are:

Adult: Liz Patterson and Bill Dugan

High School: Lily Glidden

Intermediate:

• 1st place Taylor DePalma
• 2nd place Julia John
• 3rd place Reinemaire Ayers

Congratulations to all winners and participants.

Excerpts of all of the winning essays will be published in Network News, the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network's newsletter after being announced as part of National Water Week.