Westview Repeats As Wildlife Habitat Champion
Westview successfully defended
its title as sunny skies and seasonal
temperatures marked the ninth annual
LaGrange County 4-H/FFA Wildlife
Habitat Evaluation competition in
early October at Dallas Lake Park. Forty-eight youth from the three county
high schools participated in this year’s
event. It was the fifth consecutive
county title for the Warriors.
With four of the five highest individual scorers, coach Paul Baker’s Warriors also had two other teams in the
county’s top five. Individual champion
Kyle Gage led the Warriors followed
by Damon Hershberger, Jessica Castle
and Jolene Bender. All three county
teams have been highly successful in
statewide wildlife habitat education
events. Westview and Prairie Heights
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eft to right: Jessica Castle, Jolene Bender, Damon Herschberger and overall individual Champion Kyle Gage.
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are recent Indiana state champions
with the Panthers capturing the state
crown in 2010.
The contest consists of four
components: a field management plan
in which students identify practices
that optimize the habitat for a specific
animal, a wildlife challenge component
which tests the students’ overall wildlife knowledge, a photo identification
of specific animals, and a foods identification exercise that matches animals
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