Over 170 third, fourth, and fifth graders from across Georgia entered colorful drawings showing why Georgia's longleaf pine ecosystem should be protected. It was a tough decision, but the voting is complete and the winner was Halley Russell of Mt. Airy. For the first time, there was a tie for second place between Kirstin Boe of Lilburn and Tanner Snellgrove of Newnan. Third place honors went to Erik Fathke of Alpharetta. The winning artwork will be used in this year's Georgia Conservancy hand fan, which is distributed at Georgia Conservancy events statewide.

The Georgia Conservancy extends a big congratulations to the winners!