Enter the CRMC’s AIS Logo Design Contest

The RI CRMC is looking for logo designs for its Rhode Island Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Project that will be used to represent its statewide AIS Management Plan and ongoing management and monitoring efforts in Rhode Island. Art students and others from or residing in the state are invited to submit designs, on disc, by July 20, 2012.

The winner will receive a $500 VISA Gift Card and special merchandise displaying the logo.

Criteria for design:
The logo design must:

• Be easily identified as belonging to CRMC and its RIAIS program
• Incorporate the CRMC logo, a Chinese Mitten Crab and Red Lion fish (logo available here as a JPG file)
• Incorporate the words: Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring Project

All designs, with the entrant’s name, home address and telephone number, should be submitted to the CRMC, attn: Laura Dwyer, R. I. Coastal Resources Management Council, Stedman Government Center, 4808 Tower Hill Rd., Suite 116, Wakefield, RI 02879 no later than 7/20/12. For questions, please contact Laura Dwyer at the CRMC at (401) 783-7886 or ldwyer@crmc.ri.gov .

For more information on the CRMC AIS Plan or invasive species in Rhode Island, go to the CRMC’s web site at http://www.crmc.ri.gov/invasives.html .

Contest information and rules: Upon receipt of any submitted logos and artwork, said submissions become the property of the RI CRMC to use in perpetuity. By participating in the contest, you are hereby agreeing to these terms. The CRMC will have the authority to reuse the winning logo in any way it deems appropriate, including but not limited to: presentations, web site display, merchandising, and any future monitoring and AIS program initiatives.