2019 State Winners

NHEdGIS is proud to announce the state winners of this year's New Hampshire’s online map competition for middle and high school students. Students created original online maps focusing on important issues related to New Hampshire such as natural vegetation, species inventories, fire vulnerability and state animals. This year's maps displayed original thought and creativity regarding topics of interest to the students. The continued effort of students and teachers to apply geospatial technologies in a way that support student learning and produce meaningful findings to their peers and the community is commendable.

Each of the winning state awardees will receive a monetary prize of $100.00 thanks to ESRI’s monetary support and the administrative support of NHSTE. The state finalists have been entered in ESRI’s national map competition. Esri will provide the national winners with a travel grant to attend the Esri Education GIS Conference ("EdUC") in California, where awardees will be recognized.

All of the entries were reviewed by an esteemed panel of judges who volunteered their time to examine each map and narrative. After final deliberation the following maps were determined to be New Hampshire state awardees and finalists. Special thanks to the judges!

Rebecca Lilja, GIS Specialist, United States Forest Service, NH online map competition coordinator

Shane Bradt, Geospatial Technology Specialist, UNH Cooperative Extension, Durham, NH

Lara Bryant, Geography Steward for New Hampshire

Sue Cox, Conservation Education Coordinator

Congratulations to the state winners! Click on the map title to view their map submission.

High School Awardees

HS State Finalist

Map Title: Ash Trees, Emerald Ash Borer, and Plymouth Fire Risk

Student: Chris Gleason

Teacher: Ina Ahern

School: Plymouth Regional High School

HS State Runner-up

Map Title: Deer Vs. Harsh NH Winters

Teacher: Ina Ahern

School: Plymouth Regional High School

Middle School Awardee

Middle School State Finalist

Map Title: The New Hampshire State Dog

Student: Mary Connolly

Teachers: Mary Foran and Susan Carey

School: Fairgrounds Middle School