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2008
Junior Duck Stamp Contest Results
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What's
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Seokkyun
Hong of Dallas, Texas,
wins the Federal Junior Duck Stamp
Design Contest held at the San Diego
Zoo, Cailifornia.The depiction of a
pair of Nene (Hawaiian goose) will
be featured on the 2008-2009 Federal
Junior Duck Stamp.
The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service announced a pair of
Nene (Hawaiian goose) will be featured
on the 2008-2009 Federal Junior Duck
Stamp. The design for the new stamp,
painted by 18 year-old Seokkyun Hong
of Dallas, Texas, was chosen by a panel
of judges today at the Federal Junior
Duck Stamp Design Contest held at the
San Diego Zoo.
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2008
Junior Duck Stamp Contest
at the San Diego Zoo
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The
oil painting which previously won the Texas
State Junior Duck Stamp Contest, was judged
the top entry among the Best-of-State entries
from all 50 states, the District of Columbia
and American Samoa. The 2008-2009 Federal
Junior Duck Stamp, which the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service will make available
for $5 to stamp collectors, conservationists,
and the general public will be released
in June 2008. Proceeds from Junior Duck
Stamp sales are used to support environmental
education efforts and awards for contest
winners.
Lydia
Han, age 15, of San Jose, California,
took second place with a water-color
depicting a pair of ruddy ducks called "Contented
Pair."
Third
place went to Rebekah Nastav, age
17, of Amoret, Missouri for her rendition
of a single hooded merganser called “Evening
Swim” done in acrylic. Rebekah was
also the winner of the 2006 Federal
Junior Duck Stamp competition.
The
Junior Duck Stamp Contest winner
receives a free trip to Washington,
D.C., along with their art teacher,
a parent, and the state coordinator,
to be honored during a First Day
of Sale Ceremony held in June. The
first-place winner receives a $5,000
award. The second place winner receives
$3,000 and the third-place winner
receives $2,000.
Junior
Duck Stamp Conservation Message
winner: Jeriel
Chalk, Colorado.
"Conservation
is our respect for the past, participation
of the present, and our responsibility
to the future."
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JDS
Celebrates 16 Years of Conservation though the
Arts
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is proud to celebrate 16 Years of Conservation
through the Arts. From a single idea grew a program
poised to rejuvenate the nation's passion and commitment
to preserving the outdoors. The Junior Duck Stamp
Program exposes hundreds of thousands of youth each
year to wetlands, National
Wildlife Refuges, and art concepts. Join the
Junior Duck Stamp as it celebrates 16 Years of Conservation
through the Arts. Participate
today!
What is the Junior Duck Stamp Program?
The
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program
is a dynamic, art and science program designed
to teach wetlands habitat and waterfowl conservation
to students in kindergarten through high school
and help reconnect youth with the outdoors. The
program guides students, using scientific and wildlife
observation principles, to communicate visually
what they have learned through an entry into the
Junior Duck Stamp art contest. This non-traditional
pairing of subjects brings new interest to both
the sciences and the arts. It crosses cultural,
ethnic, social, and geographic boundaries to teach
greater awareness of our nation's natural resources. More>>
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