The Lake George Association (LGA), on behalf of the Lake George Watershed Coalition (LGWC), has announced the winner of the third annual Lake George Bookmark Design Contest.
Clare Gillman, a 5th grade student at Lake George Elementary School, was the winner, with a multi-media color design featuring a frog in a marsh “leaping to action.” Her design will be printed on 10,000 bookmarks, distributed to schools, libraries and other locations throughout the Lake George watershed in time for summer reading programs. The reverse side features important facts about the stewardship of Lake George.
Students were asked to focus on lake and watershed issues such as water quality, invasive species, aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals, streams and wetlands, pollution, lake ecology and lake health. Through this activity students encouraged the protection of Lake George as an important natural resource.
The contest was open to students in Grades 4-7 from schools located within the Lake George watershed. There were 179 entries this year from the seven different area schools, including Bolton, Queensbury, Fort Ann, St. Mary’s, Lake George, Ticonderoga and Whitehall.
The contest was sponsored and judged by the Lake George Watershed Coalition through its Public Participation and Education Committee.
Congratulations Clare!