DeCoursey Park Sign Contest Winners

Did you know that you shouldn’t feed ducks in the park?

Many don’t associate feeding bits of bread or other snacks to birds with issues in the environment, but it can be devastating to local habitat.

A special cleanup event at DeCoursey Park this past March also featured an educational art display on protecting the local habitat, created by Puyallup senior and junior high school students.

The event was sponsored by Friends of DeCoursey Park Committee (FDP), formed in cooperation with WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center and the City of Puyallup Parks and Recreation Dept. to protect and improve the Clarks Creek & DeCoursey Pond water quality and ecosystem.

The committee launched the student DeCoursey Park Sign Contest to spread awareness about pond and creek water contamination. It is believed that people feed food scraps to the ducks and geese which causes over-crowding of waterfowl in the pond and ultimately leads to fecal contamination of the water.

The contest was an opportunity for Puyallup Junior and Senior high school students to design a fun sign and slogan discouraging people from feeding the ducks.

Scroll through our media gallery to see all the winning designs. 

Junior High Category
1st Place – ‘Don’t Feed the Crackers to the Quackers’
                  Geneva Thompson, Lauryn Mithell and Michaela Todd
                  Edgemont Jr. High School

2nd Place – ‘Don’t Feed the Quackers’
                   Madelyn Shepard
                   Edgemont Jr. High School

3rd Place –  ‘Park Ducks’
                   Ben Chadwick
                   Edgemont Jr. High School

Senior High Category
1st Place –  ‘Save DeCoursey’
                   Davonna Porter
                   Puyallup Sr. High School

2nd Place –  ‘Too Many Happy Ducks’
                    Carter Graham, Claudia Johnston
                    Puyallup Sr. High School

3rd Place –   ‘We Need Your Help’
                    Gavin Tompkins
                    Puyallup Sr. High School

People’s Choice 

                   ‘Stop Feeding the Ducks’
                    ManMick Libago, Johnathan Kang
                    Puyallup Sr. High School