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Second Annual Essay Contest: "It Takes a Community to Protect Our Watershed"
The Outreach Committee
How can we, as individuals or as part of a community-based organization, protect the Cayuga Lake Watershed? What do you think it takes? We'd like to hear what's important to you. What's more, you could win a cash prize and your ideas may inspire others!
Perhaps your primary interest lies in ensuring the quality of your drinking water. Perhaps you detest the erosion you see along a local creek. Perhaps the growth of algae or weeds affects your enjoyment of the lake. Or, maybe you have concerns about the forests within the watershed. Whatever your concern, protection of our natural resources requires a dedicated effort by both individuals and the community.
Write an essay describing the ways — small or large — in which the community can come together to make a difference. The Cayuga Lake Watershed is well worth protecting, and an essay contest is our way to share ideas and suggestions for watershed protection with hopes that some of them become actual practices.
Top essays will be published on the Network website and in our newsletter, the Network News. Help inspire the Cayuga Lake Watershed community to take action.
The essay contest has three categories:
- Students grades 6-8, 500-word limit (1st prize $75).
- Students grades 9-12, 1000-word limit (1st prize $150)
- Adults, 2000-word limit (1st prize $275)
Share your experience and imagination by entering today! Last year, all winning essays came from Seneca County. We hope that this year’s contest brings in entries from throughout the watershed, though the excellence of the essay is the judges’ only criteria!
Send essays to CLWN, P.O. Box 303, Interlaken, NY 14847 postmarked by April 1 (no joke!), 2002. For more information, contact us at steward@fltg.net or write to the above address. Winners will be announced during Water Week, which begins May 5, 2002. Tell us why you think, "it takes a community to protect our watershed".
Click here to view last year’s winners. |
