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Garden of Georgia and The Environmental Resources Network, Inc. (T.E.R.N.) encourage you and your students to compete in this popular conservation art contest and explore the wonders of Georgia's native plant and animal species. Native species are those that naturally occur in Georgia, unlike exotic species that were introduced from other places. They come in all shapes and sizes -- from the large, moss-covered live oak tree of South Georgia (our state tree) to the little grass frog, the smallest frog species in North America!
The vast majority of Georgia's native wildlife species are nongame (those which are not hunted, trapped or fished) and can include rare or endangered animals and plants such as the endangered Northern right whale and the tiny pool sprite, a rare granite outcrop plant. There are approximately 3,600 species of nongame plants, 950 nongame vertebrate species and countless invertebrate species of nongame wildlife in Georgia. In fact, more than 95% of Georgia's vertebrate wildlife species are considered nongame!
Nongame wildlife can be found in your schoolyard, students' backyards or community parks. Some of the nongame wildlife that your students can depict in their artwork are songbirds, small mammals, salamanders, manatees, snakes, hawks, insects and many species of native plants. Take your students on a field trip to a nearby state park, botanical garden or wildlife management
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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia and The Environmental Resources Network, Inc. (T.E.R.N.) are delighted that you and your students are participating in the 2003-2004
Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest! The theme for this year's competition is ~ ~ WJL1) ~ - a topic that encourages your students to discover Georgia's 1.0JL~ by exploring all the wonderful
plants and animals as well as the importance of habitat for both. In the wild, animals' survival is heavily dependent upon plants and , in most cases, plants need the assistance of animals to survive as well.
Whether it is in the schoolyard or students' backyards, your assignment is to excite and educate your
students about Georgia's wildlife. So take your students to the outdoors and let them go ~ G-eAwqLa,'s
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While following the Poster Contest Rules and Guidelines, your students will depict artistic drawings of their findings and will compete at the local level in a school-wide poster contest. First, second and third place winners should be chosen from your school's entries for the local level contest at your school. All participating students can receive place award ribbons and a Give Wildlife a Chance certificate (refer to Contest Awards section) . Participating schools will then choose one first place winner from each division and mail the winning entries to The State Botanical Garden of Georgia to compete in the state level contest. These entries will be comprised of the four division categories described in the Poster Contest Rules and Guidelines section. All four state level contest winners' artwork will be published in the Annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest fourcolor poster and awarded an inscribed plaque at an environmental education program and awards ceremony presented by the Poster Contest coordinators at the winning student's school (refer to Contest Awards).
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- Check with your school or public library, county extension agent, garden club, nature center or local nursery to see what information they offer on native wildlife. - Host a guest speaker, go on a field trip to a natural area or display photos of native species in your classroom. - Use identification field guides to learn range and distribution of Georgia's native plants and animals. - Visit a butterfly garden and have your students draw what they see. - Help your students to distinguish the differences between native plants and introduced/exotic species such as kudzu, and learn how exotic species can displace the native species. - If you have internet access in your classroom or school library, show your students how to do an internet search for Georgia's native nongame wildlife. Visit sites such as: www.gwf.org, www.georgiawildlife.com, http://museum.nhm.uga.edu, www.gos.org, www.uga.edu/botgarden, www.uga.edu/srel, www.enature.com, www.EEinGeorgia.org and http://southeast.fws.gov.
- Get outdoors and let your students ~ G-eAwqLa,'s 1.0JL1) Slck.!!!
We look forward to working with you and your students on the Fourteenth Annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest! If you have further questions, please visit these
websites: www.georgiawildlife.com and www.uga.edu/botgarden, or contact Kitty Esco (478) 994-1438 or Scott Drucker (706) 542-6156.
Good luck and have fun discovering Georgia's nongame wildlife!

Attach a copy of the Poster Contest Entry Form (with tape) to the back of each poster.
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Poster Description:

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(NOTE : The Contest
Committee will only accept ONE entry per division, per school - see Poster Contest
Rules and Guidelines.)

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Phone: - - -- - - - - - - - - Student's Signature: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

School: - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contest Coordinator:

Address: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - City: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Zipcode: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

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Do you want this poster returned? Yes__ No__

County: __________

(You MUST enclose exact postage - stamps only - and a mailing

label for the entries to be returned.)

How many years has your class participated in this program? _ _ Total number of posters mailed: 1 2 3 4 (circle one)

Send poster contest entries to: Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest The State Botanical Garden of Georgia 2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605

ENTRY DEADLINE: Posters must be received on or before Friday, February 20, 2004 to participate.
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Additional copies available at: www.georgiawildlife.com or www.uga.edu/botgarden

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The Fourteenth Annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest is sponsored by The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The State Botanical Garden of Georgia and The Environmental Resources Network, Inc. (T.E.R.N.). The theme changes yearly, though the contest is an ongoing educational effort to help children and teachers gain awareness of Georgia's native plants and animals. Artists , as well as wildlife and plant professionals, judge the contest entries based on artistic interpretation , originality, visual impact and contest theme .

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- The contest is open to individual students (no group drawings) in Kindergarten through 5th grades.

- Home school groups, public schools and private schools are encouraged to participate.

- Schools/groups may enter one poster from any or all divisions:

Division 1: Kindergarten

Division 3: Third and Fourth Grades

Division 2: First and Second Grades Division 4: Fifth Grade

- Each school/group may enter no more than four posters (one per division).

- Outside dimensions cannot exceed 17" x 22" (vertically or horizontally).
- Collages and other three-dimensional artwork are not suitable for this contest.
- Posters should be submitted on white tag-board or on white art paper (no matting). - DO NOT FOLD. Submit art flat in a package or roll into a mailing tube. - If you want the students' entries returned , you MUST include exact postage (stamps only - no metered tapes) and mailing label or the entries will not be returned.

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- Attach a copy of the 2003-2004 Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest Entry Form to the back of each poster with tape.
- Please DO NOT use glue or staples. - Send posters to The State Botanical Garden of Georgia on or before Friday, February 20, 2004:
Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest The State Botanical Garden of Georgia 2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605 P: (706) 542-6156 F: (706) 542-3826

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- While following the Poster Contest Rules and Guidelines, instruct your students to depict artistic drawings of their findings and arrange for a local competition at your school.
- Each entry must depict at least one native, nongame plant and animal of Georgia. - First, second and third place winners should be chosen at the local level (refer to Contest Awards section). - All participating students can receive place award ribbons and a Give Wildlife a Chance certificate (refer to
Contest Awards section). - Only ONE school-wide winner from each division can be chosen to compete in the state level contest at
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia (refer to Eligibility section). State level entries are normally the artwork of the first place school winners.
- All contest entries must adhere to the contest theme: ~ ~ s 1.0'9L1) Slde,.
- Avoid the use of game species (those legally hunted, trapped or fished) such as deer, turkey, raccoon , bobcat, squirrel and Canada geese. Note that, while these animals are important to the wildlife diversity of Georgia, this competition is emphasizing the exploration of Georgia's nongame species.
- Do not include pictures of exotic, zoo animals. - Do not include people as the main focus. - If necessary, please briefly describe the speci~s depicted on the Poster Contest Entry Form.

CatifJ;at,s: Educators may request Give Wildlife a Chance certificates for all students who participate in
their local school competition. There is no limit to the number of certificates a participating school can receive.

~ : Educators may request first, second and third place ribbons to present to class, grade level or school group participants. There is no limit to the number of ribbons a participating school can receive.

S-tafz~AIOO.rds: All four state level winners' artwork will be published in the Annual Give Wildlife a
Chance Poster Contest four-color poster and distributed to schools and nature centers across Georgia. Also, all four state level winners will receive an inscribed awards medallion that will be presented to the student by the Poster Contest coordinators at an environmental education program and awards ceremony at their school.

All state level contest entries will be on display at The State Botanical Garden in Athens during the weeks of March 14 - March 28, 2004. All teachers and parents are encouraged to bring your students out to the Garden to see their work on display and enjoy an adventurous day at Georgia's State Botanical Garden!

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Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest The State Botanical Garden of Georgia 2450 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605 Fax: (706) 542-3826

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Sponsored by: The State Botanical Garden of Georgia - www.uga.edu/botgarden The Environmental Resources Network, Inc. (T.E.R.N.)-www.TERNforwildlife.org The Georgia Department of Natural Resources - www.georgiawildlife.com Wildlife Resources Division Nongame Wildlife and Natural Heritage Section 116 Rum Creek Drive Forsyth, GA 31029-6518

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Additional copies and further information available on-line at: www.georgiawildlife.com and www.uga.edu/botgarden