The 2019 Northwest Kansas ECO-MEET was held on Thursday, October 10.
33 students from 4 schools competed.
Winning Teams:
1st Place: Goodland High School A
Goodland A L-R – Lola Hipp, Saige Newman, Manten Crow, Hannah Dechant
2nd Place: Goodland High “B”
Goodland B – L-R Madison Albers, Briana Woodrow, Ariane McCray, Jazlynn Fenner
3rd Place: Palco High School B
Palco B – L-R Bella Simoneau, Kirsten Marcotte, Jadin Newell, Braden Stohs
Focus Area Winners – Woodlands
1st Place: Saige Newman, Goodland HS
Saige Newman 1st Place Ornithology and 1st Place Woodlands, with Webster State Park Manager Zach Kesler
2nd Place: Austin Stohs, Palco HS
Austin Stohs, 2nd Place Woodlands, Palco Team C, with Webster State Park Manager Zach Kesler
Focus Area Winners – Ornithology
1st Place: Saige Newman, Goodland A, Pictured Above (First place in both Focus Tests!)
2nd Place: Raven Long, Stockton High
Raven Long 2nd Place Ornithology, Stockton, with Webster State Park Manager, Zach Kesler
The Northwest Kansas Eco-Meet was hosted by the Sternberg Museum, with assistance from:
- Ft. Hays State University
- Kansas Wetlands Education Center
- Kansas Forest Service
- KDWPT – Ecological Services Section, Education Section, Webster State
- Park, Wilson State Park
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History
We would like to recognize our sponsors:
- Nex-Tech
- Ellis County Conservation District
- Solutions North Bank – Stockton
- Farmers National Bank – Stockton
- First State Bank – Hill City
- Western Prairie R C & D – Oberlin
- Smoky Hill Pheasants Forever – Hays
- Solomon Valley Pheasants Forever – Stockton
- Rooks County Conservation District – Stockton
- Graham Co. Conservation District – Hill City
- Western State Bank – Goodland
- Midwest Energy – Hays
- Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home – Stockton
- Visit Hays – Hays
- Sherman County Conservation District – Goodland
- Sternberg Museum – Hays
For information about the Northwest Kansas Eco-Meet, contact Mike Rader, (620)672-0708
Did you win scholarship money at an Eco-Meet?
You can find the scholarship form on your regional event’s page.