Madison 4-Her's Win at State WHEP Contest

Four members of the Madison 4-H Adventure Club travel to Blacksburg on April 28 to participate in the State 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Contest and came back winners.  Junior team members Kelly Jarvis, Meghan Ward & Aaron Yowell won top honors.  Kelly was also top junior in the state.  Brian Metz participated as a Novice and did a great job as well!!
In the WHEP contest youth participants must identify different wildlife species, take a general knowledge quiz about wildlife, evaluate a wildlife habitat and write a management plan and orally defend their plan and their recommendation to a set of judges.  Club members have spent months studying and preparing for this contest.

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