Announcing Photo Contest winners!
Congratulations to our 2017 Photo Contest Winners!
1st Land and Water. “Potomac Moon Rising” by Allen Melson-
1st Urban Nature. “Overtaken” by Mark S. Jones
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1st Youth. “Trio” by Dallas Hughes
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2nd Land and Water. “Bald Eagle and Baltimore Oriole” by Brian Smith
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2nd Urban Nature. “Monarch Wonder” by Sherry Schellenger Parker
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2nd Youth. “Wood Frog” by Aidan McCarthy
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3rd Land and Water. “Green Heron at Huntley Meadows Park” by Ed Episcopo
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3rd Land and Water. “Whirlpool” by Steve Vickers
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3rd Urban Nature. “Mirror Image” by David Di Fiore
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3rd Youth. “Crunch” by Rudha Fareed
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3rd Youth. “First Frost” by John Rippey
The Adult winners are:
The Land and Water Around Us:
1st: Allen Melson, Potomac Moon Rising
2nd: Brian Smith, Bald Eagle and Baltimore Oriole
3rd: (tie)
Edward Episcopo, Green Heron at Huntley Meadows Park
Steve Vickers, Whirlpool
Urban Nature:
1st: Mark S. Jones, overtaken #1
2nd: Sherry Schellenger Parker, Monarch Wonder
3rd: David Di Fiore, Mirror Image
The Youth Winners are:
1st: Dallas Hughes, Trio
2nd: Aidan McCarthy, Wood Frog
3rd: (tie)
Rudha Fareed, Crunch
John Rippey, First Frost
- Ray Foote, executive vice president of the National Forest Foundation, and advisory board member of Scenic Virginia.
- Bob Wick, wilderness specialist for the Bureau of Land Management and stationed in Sacramento, CA. He services as BLM’s unofficial landscape photographer.
Great prizes for the winners are provided by:
Earth Treks Climbing & Fitness, Earth Sangha, Great American Restaurants, KH Art Framing, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mom’s Organic Market, REI, Northern Virginia Soil & Water Conservation District, and Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee.