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2008 Contest Results
Congratulations to all the participants in this year's Endangered Species Poster Competition.
"Until someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not!" - Dr Seuss, The Lorax
Division One - First Place
Jennifer Sieredzki (age 7)
Clayton, NC
Schweinitz's sunflower
ENDANGERED due to habitat
loss and competition with non-
native species.
Listed by US FWS in 1991.
Division One - Runner Up
Joshua Taylor (age 7)
West Jefferson, NC
Eastern cougar
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss and hunting.
Listed by US FWS in 1973.
Macy Goodson (age 6)
Southern Pines, NC
Red-cockaded woodpecker
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss.
Listed by US FWS in 1970.
Division Two - First Place
Kobe Goldin (age 9)
Lincolnton, NC
Panamanian golden frog
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss and disease.
Listed by US FWS in 1976.
Division Two - Runner Up
Ari Kamal Ogunda Saylor (age 9) Morehead City, NC
Red-cockaded woodpecker
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss.
Listed by US FWS in 1970.
Division Three - First Place
Anna Davidson (age 11)
Asheboro, NC
Polar bear
THREATENED due to habitat loss.
Listed by US FWS in 2008.
Division Three - Runner Up
Abigail Moore (age 12)
Statesville, NC
Knowlton cactus
ENDANGERED due to collection.
Listed by US FWS in 1979.
Special Recognition - Amphibian Awareness
2008 was AZA Year of the Frog, an effort to raise awareness of the crisis many amphibian species face in the wild. Almost half of all the world's amphibian species are at risk of becoming extinct. In acknowledgment of this public awareness campaign, some entries were awarded special recognition for their efforts in amphibian conservation awareness.
Division One
Taylor Mabe (age 7)
Seagrove, NC
African Bullfrog
Division Two
Kobe Goldin (age 9), Lincolnton, NC
Panamanian golden frog (pictured above - Division 2)