January 2023 - 9

NEWS
The subject of this year's Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Show is the beaver. (Adobe Stock Photo)
Changes coming to
annual Stamp Art Show
CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Game
and Fish Department is expanding its Collectible
Conservation Stamp Art Show competition
to a new audience. Kids can now
participate in their own contest during the
annual event, which enters its 40th year in
2023.
Entries open Jan. 3 and this year's subject
is the beaver. Entries must be received at
Game and Fish Headquarters in Cheyenne by
5 p.m. March 31. The winning image will be
featured on the 2024 collectible conservation
stamp. The fee is $30 per entry. The top five
receive a monetary award, including $3,500
for the winner. The winning stamp will be
offered as a collection item, which can be
purchased through the Game and Fish Store.
All artwork must be the artist's original
creation, and two-dimensional. Photographs,
sculptures or other three dimensional submissions
will not be accepted. Entries determined
to be biologically inaccurate will be
ineligible to win monetary awards, but could
earn honorable mention recognition. Entry
size is 18-by-24 inches in a horizontal format.
Entries can be in color or black and white.
" Every year we're amazed by the skill of
the artists who submit artwork to the contest
and we're excited to see each artist's representation
of nature's ecosystem engineers
as the Collectible Conservation Stamp Art
Show approaches its 40th year, " said Chris
Martin, Game and Fish visual communications
supervisor and coordinator of this
year's contest.
New this year is a contest for kids in kindergarten
through 12th grade. The beaver
is the subject, all entries must be submitted
by the student's art teacher and kids and
teachers will win cash prizes for first through
third place. Entries can be in color or black
and white but must consist of some form of
ink, pencil or paint.
Winning and honorable mention entries
for both contests will be on display at the
Game and Fish's Cheyenne headquarters
for one month.
" Game and Fish is working on more
ways to engage kids and schools through
our Inspire a Kid program. Having an art
contest for K-12 kids alongside our traditional
stamp contest is a great opportunity
to inspire more wildlife enthusiasts for the
future, " said Nish Goicolea, Game and Fish
communications and education chief.
Game and Fish will announce the winners
and honorable mentions of both contests
with an online event April 28, 2023.
The beaver is one of more than 800
species of wildlife managed by Game and
Fish. Beavers are among the largest rodents
in the world. They have thick fur, webbed
feet and flattened, scale-covered tails. They
have powerful jaws and strong teeth and can
weigh up to 60 pounds. Beavers are found
throughout Wyoming and North America in
or around freshwater ponds, rivers, marshes
and swamps. They are primarily nocturnal.
They build dams and eat leaves, roots and
bark from trees and willows.
- Robert Gagliardi, WGFD
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