Coosa County Wins Reserve National Championship in Wildlife Evaluation

Representing their state at national competition, the Coosa County 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Team earned second place honors.

As reserve national champions, they finished only 16 points behind the first-place winner, Georgia.

Nineteen state teams participated in the event, held at the C.A. Vines 4-H Center near Little Rock, Ark.

Two Coosa County team members also finished among the top ten individuals. Carey Phillips finished seventh overall, while Justin Glover finished 10th. Other team members were James Mooney and Jimmy Mitchell.

All four team members finished among the top five in the wildlife management practices section of the competition.

Team coaches were Roger Vines, coordinator of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Posted by Jim Langcuster at August 10, 2005 11:15 AM