Congratulations, Keep Wildlife Wild Contest Winners

Shout-out to the 2024 Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest winners!

The DNR’s Keep Wildlife Wild program, including the annual student poster contest, encourages everyone to keep wildlife healthy by always observing animals from a respectful distance. This includes baby animals, which might incorrectly be viewed as orphaned if adult animals are not nearby.

For this year’s poster contest, student artists illustrated the theme “Safe in Their Home” to help remind people that a young wild animal's best chance for survival is with its mother. View all winning entries and learn more at dnr.wi.gov/topic/WildlifeHabitat/orphan.

Fourth-grade winners

• First place: Delaney Darton, Eagle River

• Second place: Adelaide Dorsey, Neenah

• Third place: Lillian Jaeckel, Milwaukee

Fifth-grade winners

• First place: Belle Manula, Sheboygan

• Second place: Ishanvi Bansal, Sun Prairie

• Third place: Drew Schroeder, Glendale

Sixth-grade winners

• First place: Paige Rife, Mosinee

• Second place: Ellen Irving, Brooklyn

• Third place: Abigail Gray, Madison

Delaney Darton, first place, fourth grade

Belle Manula, first place, fifth grade

Paige Rife, first place, sixth grade