Land Judging
Pending 2022 date
Land Judging is an exciting contest in which Middle and High School students observe and interpret the soil in order to make wise land use decisions.
The skills the teens use at the contest involve principles that can be valuable in career fields like environmental and agricultural management, natural resources conservation, home building, engineering, and construction. Students can compete at the local, state, and national levels.
The Lake SWCD will join Sumter SWCD to host local middle and high school student teams to test their knowledge by judging soils from four pits that are selected by a Soil Scientist with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
In each class (Middle School and High School) the local county winner may compete at the state contest in that respective class.
Top placing teams in the state contest are eligible to compete at the National Land Judging Contest held at the end of April.
For more information contact Rose Fitzpatrick rfitzp.swcd@gmail.com