Earning the (duck) Stamp of Approval

Last month 17 students at Chewonki Elementary and Middle School received accolades for their entries to the 28th annual Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design program, a collaborative effort between Maine Audubon and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“The Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest is one of our favorite integrated education units, incorporating natural history, waterfowl, waterways, art, and conservation,” says Chewonki Visual Arts Specialist Coreysha Stone. “We are lucky to be located on the edge of an estuary and able to spend valuable time in the field doing habitat studies with the support of Kyle Wonser, Science Educator for our Traveling Natural History Program. A few months of this type of highly focused work really bolstered students’ abilities and improved their compositions.”