Show-Me Chapter SWCS Scholarships
$1500 & $1000
Click here to view the 2011-12 winners 

Details for the 2012-13 essay contest ARE HERE!!!

Applications must be emailed/postmarked by November 26, 2012

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    2012-13 Scholarship Details                    2012-13 Application Form        

Essay Background Information:

The theme for the 2013 Show-Me SWCS Scholarship is “Conservation Pays: Exploring the Social and Economic Impacts”.

For those interested in conservation, it’s “value” is often felt more in the heart than the wallet.  Whether your heart-rate quickens at the sight of a big buck deer or an unexplored cave opening, you value conservation.  If your pulse calms as the sun falls below the horizon or in response to the sound of a babbling creek, you value conservation.  But conservation also means an infusion of money into the Missouri economy, through tourism, business, and other means.  And, as is often the case, money talks with land owners, legislatures, and the general public.

Through your essay, we want you to explore as many of the ways that conservation of Missouri’s natural resources, including its soils and water, can be measured in dollar signs, rather than warm-fuzzies.

Essay Topic:  

Please select a natural resource-related topic and explain how it brings money to Missouri individuals and the public.  Really reach for those aspects that are less obvious on the surface of the issue.  We encourage you to examine your own topic of interest, or one listed below.

-          Water quality                    -  Cover crops
-          Burn bans                          -  Wildlife population management
-          Cave exploration               -  Fish stocking
-          Healthy, protected soils    -  Timber Stand Improvement
-          Recycling                          -  Elk repopulation
 

Scholarship applications must include a 3 to 5-page essay (please include sources).

 Applications should be sent to
Kim Worth,
USDA-NRCS MLRA Office,
209 Ash Street,
Gallatin, MO  64640-1185. 
kim.worth@mo.usda.gov
660-663-3703 x7 (phone)
660-663-3697 (fax)

Applications must be emailed or postmarked by November 26, 2012. Email is preferred.