2026 Monroe County Conservation Poster Contest
The theme for the 2026 WI Land and Water Conservation Poster Contest was: "Soil. Where it all Begins"
The posters at the bottom were the winners of the local contest level for Monroe County.
A total of 133 posters were submitted to the local contest. Thank you to all that
participated!
The 1st place posters from each grade level moved on from the local level contest to the area level contest (western region), which included posters from Monroe County, Trempealeau County, Jackson County, La Crosse County, Vernon County, Juneau County, and Crawford County.
Sierra Brantner is a 1st place poster winner from the area contest, and her poster will move
onto the state level contest which is held on March 4-6th, 2026, in Wisconsin Dells.
Our county local level first - third place winners are:
Kindergarten - 1st Grade:
First Place - Luna Zelinsky (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
Second Place - Cadence Robarge (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
Third Place - Layne Sauter (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
2nd - 3rd Grade:
First Place - Ryker Flock (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
Second Place - Raegan Glynn (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
Third Place - Mary Simon (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
4th - 6th Grade:
First Place - Lewis Melby (Innovations STEM Academy in Sparta)
Second Place - Kiralynn Lakowske (Innovations STEM Academy in Sparta)
Third Place - Declan Glynn (Queen of the Apostles Catholic School in Tomah)
7th - 9th Grade:
First Place - Sierra Brantner (Sparta High School)
Second Place - Ella Melby (Innovations STEM Academy in Sparta)
Third Place - Ita Velasco-Garcia (Innovations STEM Academy in Sparta)
10th - 12th Grade:
First Place - Morgan Swenson (Tomah High School)
