
SUBMITTED BY SHARON WALSTON –
The annual Rich Mountain/ Cossatot Conservation District Forestry and Land Judging Contests were held on April 8th 2015 at the Cossatot Reefs in Gillham. There were a total of 37 teams with several individual contestants competing. Volunteers from the Army Corp of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, AR Forestry Commission, Sevier County Cooperative Extension Service, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Farm Service Agency, Conservation Districts and numerous individuals helped these Districts to hold this event.


The Overall Forestry Contest winning team was Taylor FFA Team #2. The Polk County Forestry winning team was Mena FFA with Trevor Voisin of Mena FFA being the High Point Individual from Polk County. Overall Land Contest winning team was Two Rivers FFA and the Polk County Land winning team was Cossatot River FFA with the High Point individual being Nick Ross from the Cossatot River FFA.
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Jeri Pearson
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