Posted April 12, 2017 5:29 pm by Comments

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

Arkansas Duck Stamp
Arkansas Duck Stamp

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -(Ammoland.com)- Three Cabot artists claimed the top spots in this year’s state-level Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation Program art contest, judged March 27 at the Witt Stephens Junior Central Arkansas Nature Center in downtown Little Rock.

Andrea LaFave of Cabot High School claimed the best of show with her portrayal of a pair of wood ducks in a flooded forest.

Second place in the overall competition went to Landon Patterson of Cabot Freshman Academy for his image of mallards over flooded fields.

Auston Melton of Cabot Junior High North earned third place overall for his composition of a pintail on the water.

Judges included waterfowl and wetland program biologists from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, graphic artists from the AGFC’s award-winning magazine, Arkansas Wildlife, and education coordinators from the AGFC.

More than 2,000 entries from across the state were entered into this year’s competition, from students in Kindergarten, all the way to high school seniors. Entries are separated by grade level – Kindergarten-third grade, fourth-sixth grade, seventh-ninth grade and 10th-12th grade. Winners are selected for each division, then all first-place entries are compared and a “best of show” is …Read the Rest

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