Beginning each October, the Moore Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors an Area Poster, Essay and Speech Contest. The poster contest is held for third-sixth graders, essay contest for sixth grade only and the speech contest is for seventh and eighth graders. The contests work toward educating our youth on the importance of conserving our natural resources. Each year a new theme is selected. The first place winners advance to the State level. All winners are honored in February at an awards banquet held at the Agricultural Building in Carthage.

Beginning in 2011, sixth graders can compete in a computer generated power point contest and ninth graders will be elgible to compete in a computer generated poster contest.