Alaska Soles • Entered by Loren Karro on November 17, 2022
JUdge for Wildlife Conservation Essay contest
November 1, 2022 – November 2, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 4.5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 4.5 |
Key Issue: Wildlife Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Alaska Professional Hunters Association
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Other (22 Essays)
Short Description of Activity
Judge 22 essays on What wildlife conservation means, and why is it important. Essays by school children age 12 through 18. Winner gets s3 days at a lodge in the Wrangell Mountains and wildlife viewing opportunities while there.
Reflection/Evaluation
There was a great number of participants, and students from a number of schools all over the state had entrants. The essays were surprisingly interesting, and judged on their creativity, knowledge of wildlife, expression of why wildlife conservation is important and what being ‘good stewards of wildlife’ means.