The Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife has selected the winners of the 2008 Fish Art and Writing Contest.
The annual contest encourages children in grades 4 through 8 to learn about New Jersey's fish species and the importance of natural resource conservation. More than 200 students statewide submitted artwork depicting a fish native to New Jersey in its natural habitat. For the writing portion of the contest, students submitted brief essays about the fish in their drawings or paintings.
Contest winners were honored at the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center in Oxford, Warren County, during opening day of trout season April 5.
Winning artwork and names of winners can be found on the Div. of Fish and Wildlife Website at
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2008/fshartwinnrs08.htm .
