Students from across the Shoalhaven will soon have their artworks on display in Nowra during Threatened Species Week.
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Local schools are busily submitting student's artworks for the 2021 Threatened Species school art competition. This year's theme is Revival and is inspired by the recovery of the bushland after the recent 2019 - 2020 bushfires.
Students have been asked to create artwork of native species of plants and animals that are currently threated with extinction.
Shoalhaven City Council Mayor Amanda Findley is excited to see the annual competition once again getting underway.
"We are asking local students to create an artwork to raise awareness surrounding the 147 native species of plants and animals in the Shoalhaven that are currently threatened with extinction." Clr Findley said.
"All of the artworks submitted will be displayed in the Nowra Administration Foyer during Threatened Species Week, with the winners being announced on Tuesday, September 7," Clr Findley said.
Threatened Species Week aims to encourage greater community support and hands-on involvement in the prevention of further losses of Australia's unique natural heritage.
It also encourages students to research threatened species that reside in the Shoalhaven to increase awareness.
Students can submit their artwork through their local school by Tuesday, August 31. Winners will be announced by Council on Tuesday, September 7.
National Threatened Species Day is held on September 7 each year to encourage the community to help conserve Australias unique native flora and fauna.
National Threatened Species Day was first held in 1996, to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger held in captivity in 1936 in Hobart.
