View the "Cycle and Soak" PSA, which shows efficient ways to water your lawn. This was sponsored by the City of Folsom Utilities Dept.
River of Words - 2003
A regional competition of the River of Words was sponsored for a second year by the SRWP. The program, created to promote watershed awareness, literacy, and the arts, received more than 257 entries from K-12 students
within the 27,000 square mile Sacramento River watershed. Entries were judged both on the national level and at the regional level. Winners earn a T-shirt and River of Words publications.
The winning entries appear below.
Click on the artwork to see a large image.
Art Winners
Grand Prizes
Grades K - 3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-9
Grades 10-12
Western Pond Turtle Sara Kraatz
Age 7, Grade 2
Home school
Chico, CA
Watershed Art Jessica Wang
Age 11, Grade 6
Peter Burkett School
Sacramento, CA
Teacher: Tari Arnold
Untitled
Michelle Wurlitzer
Age 14, Grade 8
Marsh Junior High School
Chico, CA
Teacher: Cookie Dillavou
Untitled Jessica Kong
Age 15, Grade 10
Sacramento, CA
Finalists
Grades K - 3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-9
Laying Eggs Justin Davis
Age 7, Grade 2
Durham Elementary
Durham, CA
Teacher: Janet Landess
Ain't this Grand Matthew Reinking
Age 9, Grade 4
Rock Creek Elementary
Rocklin, CA
Teacher: Chris Anderson
Listen Judy Kattavilayvong
Age 14, Grade 8
Marsh Junior High School
Chico, CA
Teacher: Cookie Dillavou
A Salmon's Simple Beauty Rachael Cook
Age 7, Grade 2
Durham Elementary
Durham, CA
Teacher: Allison Brigham
Crawling Critter A. J. Marsden
Age 9, Grade 4
Rock Creek Elementary
Rocklin, CA
Teacher: Chris Anderson
Untitled James Longneker
Age 13, Grade 7
Marsh Junior High School
Chico, CA
Teacher: Cookie Dillavou
Special Mention
Grades K - 3
Chinook Salmon
Isaiah Kraatz
Age 6, Kindergarten
Chico, CA
Poetry Winners
Grand Prizes
Grades K - 3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-9
The Warm Afternoon
Grayson Demello
Age 9, Grade 3
Sierra View Elementary
Chico, CA
Teacher: Pamela Waldsmith [Read poem]
Magic
Tyler Havens
Age 10, Grade 4
Jay Partridge Elementary
Chico, CA
Teacher: Ray Bransky [Read poem]
Poem not available Judy Kattavilayvong
Age 14, Grade
Marsh Junior High School
Chico, CA
Finalists
Grades K - 3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-9
Crystal Flakes
Scott Slater
Age 9
Grade 2
Durham Elementary
Durham, , CA
Teacher: Randy Thorne [Read poem]
Shadow Micah Knight
Age 11, Grade 6
Hooker Oak Elementary
Durham, CA [Read poem]
Sunset
Kathryn Moffett
Age 12, Grade 7
Janesville Union School
Janesville, CA
Teacher: Julie McKee [Read poem]
