Madison County SWCD Sponsor Awards at Science Fair

by Kathy Walker, SWCD District Administrative Coordinator, Madison County, Huntsville, AL

The Madison County SWCD Board is encouraging students to get involved in environmental issues. They sponsored four awards for the 55th North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NARSEF) on March 4-6, 2009. The regional competition included students from grades 5-12 and was held at the University of Alabama, Huntsville Campus (UAH.

Rows of tables held well thought-out projects dealing with not only soil and water, drought and flooding; but environmental issues such as pollution and litter were presented. The entries were winners in their local schools.

The Madison County SWCD wanted to participation in this annual event  to encourage students to take an interest in farming, natural resources, and environmental issues.

First place winners were Trenton Barksdale, a 9th grade student at Athens Bible School for "Drought Stress on Alabama Crops" and Timothy Hoekenschnieder, an 11th grade student at Catholic High School in Huntsville for his project on "Erosion,"

Kathy Walker represented Madison County as a judge for the event. She stated that the hardest part was actually choosing who would receive the awards, because there were so very many great projects.

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