East Central FFA Team Places 6th at State Competition

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 10:10 AM

By East Central FFA, news release

The event took place last Saturday at Purdue University.

Left to Right: James Bulach, Braden McDaniel, Bradley Kolb, Evan Kuhn. Photo provided.

(St. Leon, Ind.) - On Saturday, May 21, four members of the East Central FFA Chapter competed in the Indiana 4-H/FFA State Wildlife Habitat Career Development Event on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette. 

Members completed a wildlife challenge practicum where they identified 25 wildlife specimens and completed a general wildlife knowledge exam, evaluated wildlife habitats and suggested improvement practices, and they worked together to complete a wildlife management plan from a given scenario. 

The team of Bradley Kolb, James Bulach, Braden McDaniel and Evan Kuhn placed 6th overall. 

Kolb was 5th overall for the entire event while Bulach placed 8th, and McDaniel was 9th. 

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