Students Get Creative for Wildfire Awareness

In celebration of Wildfire Awareness Month, Keep Montana Green (KMG) will be showcasing students’ artwork throughout the months of May and June. In Glasgow, art work from Poplar, Malta, Saco and Frazer students are being showcased at The Glasgow Courier, wihle art work from Wolf Point students are being displayed at D&G Sports and Western.

The goal of the art contest is to promote awareness on how human-caused wildfires can be persented, as 60 percent of Montana’s wildfire are human-caused. The contest theme this year was “Prepare, Protect, and Prevent.”

This year marks KMG’s 57th art contest, in which schools from across the state participated. The art entries are first judged regionally, where first, second and third are decided. Then, those entries are sent to Missoula, Mont., to be judged with winners from all six regions. The state winners receive ribbons, cash prizes and statewide recognition.

Since KMG’s formation at the end of World War II, the organization has been dedicated to the prevention of human-caused wildfires. KMG was formed in 1945, chartered as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in 1961 and is governed by a Board of Directors representative of its membership. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has supported KMG since its inception and continue to provide the association with an executive director and office facilities. KMG maintains active public education and media programs focused on the prevention of wildfires in Montana.

For more information visit http://www.keepgreen.org, or contact Executive Director Crystal Be [email protected], 406-542-4251.