2008 Southwest Wisconsin Land Judging Competition

The 2008 Southwest Wisconsin Land Judging Contest, which is cosponsored by the Land Conservation offices of Grant, Green, and Lafayette County was held Friday, September 26 at land owned by Sugar River Crossing, just east of Attica. Those participating were the York 4-H club, as well as FFA chapters from: Albany, Belleville, Belmont, Black Hawk, Campbellsport, Janesville Craig, Lancaster, Milton, Monroe, Monticello, Mt. Horeb, Potosi, and Shullsburg. A total of 178 students participated in the contest.

The results are as follows: Top Individual was Tom Jenson of Monroe, second went to Patrick Johnson of Milton, third was Brett Hefty of Monticello, fourth was Luke Peterson of Monroe, and fifth went to Tyler Ritschard of Monticello. Monroe received top team, followed by Monticello, Milton, Lancaster, and Belleville.

Each student described soil and landscape features, rated the land capability class, noted major limitations for land use, and made recommendations for conservation practices. Students were scored based on agreement between their evaluations and those of official contest judges. Judges included local Land Conservation and Natural Resources Conservation Service professionals.

For more information, please contact Ken Engelke or email engelkek@belleville.k12.wi.us

 

Top 5 Teams

1st Monroe 839	(Click to enlarge, 1 MB photo)
2nd Monticello 811
3rd Milton 787
4th Lancaster 775
5th Belleville 762	Photo not available

Top Ten Individuals and Scores

1. Tom Jenson Monroe 297
2. Patrick Johnson Milton 286
3. Brett Hefty Monticello 283
4. Luke Peterson Monroe 279
5. Tyler Ritschard Monticello 272
6. Emily Hardy Milton 270
7. Scot Schneider Lancaster 268
8. Jacob Marty Monticello 264
9. Ben Makos Monticello 264
10. Logan Wells Monroe 263

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