836-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13 1994
All the members of the Cumberland County 4-H Wildlife Habitat Judging teams,
back row, from left, John Creek, Robert Glennon, and Leanne Haycock. Second row,
from left, Jackie Noss, Matthew Creek, and Eric Noss. First row, from left, Morgan
Creed and David Isaacs.
Cumberland 4-H Wildlife Habitat
Judging Team Takes State Honors
BETH MILLER
Cumberland Co.
Correspondent
NEWBURG (Cumberland Co.)
The members of the Cumber
land County 4-H Wildlife Habitat
Judging Team really know nature.
They have proven their talents
twice now in statewide judging
events.
If the rules were different, two
of the team’s members, Leanne
Haycock and Bob Glennon, would
get a chance to demonstrate their
talents in a nationwide competi
tion also.
' The team members showed
their stuff when they successfully
defended their state champion title
during the statewide judging con
test that was held at Penn State’s
Rock Springs Farm.
The team, whose members are
Haycock, Glennon, John Creek
and Jason Mowery, who are all
from Shippcnsburg Area School
Dislirct, won that championship
for the second time with a score of
280 points out of a possible 300.
On top of that, Glennon was the
first place individual with 84 of a
possible 90 points. Haypock was
fourth and Mowery was seventh in
the senior division while John
Creek was second his brother,
Matthew, was third in the junior
division.
However, because they went to
the national judging competition
at a national park in Eufaula, Ala.,
last year. Haycock and Glennon
are not eligible to go to the nation
als again this year.
Jason Mowcry may get to go to
the nationals in Utah, however,
because he is the first alternate for
the four-person Pennsylvania
team. The nationals are scheduled
for this month.
Robert Glennon, the team’s
coach, said the national contest
can be very challenging because
the competitors have to become
familiar with the types of wildlife
that live in the state where that
judging will be held.
‘‘lf Bob and Leanne were eligi
ble to go to Utah it would have
been quite a challenge because the
wildlife habitat is much different
than it was at states,” Robert Glen
non said.
The habitat judging contests are
comprised of five parts.
First, the youths must recognize
wildlife foods and indicate which
animal species eat each food item.
They must indicate the habitat
management practices that are ap
propriate for certain species on
that particular piece of land.
They must judge habitat for
given species by looking at aerial
photographs as well. After that,
they must work as a team to devel
op plans for a rural and an urban
situation.
They must make their recom
mendations based on information
they are given about the landown
ers’ goals for certain species and
constraints such as land use re
strictions or limited funds avail
able for the project.
The state champions of the
tion are, from left, John Creek,
Haycock.
Finally, the team must walk the
property assigned to them, devel
op a written management plan,
draw plan maps, and defend their
plan orally.
All that takes a lot of prepara
tion.
Robert Glennon said his team
begins practicing its skills each
January and continues working
right up to the time of the state
contest in May. Local state game
lands and farms are used as prac
tice sites, he said.
Allhough habitat judging is de
manding, it is not the only 4-H ac
tivity that occupies the time of the
team members. Coach Glennon
said.
They have all been members of
other 4-H programs, such as live
stock, cooking and sewing clubs,
and found that they were ready for
a new kind of challenge, he said.
4-H Wildlife Habitat competl-
Robert Glennon, and Leanne
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