Ninety-five people attended the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy's Third Annual Photo Contest event on Monday, October 26 at the Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library in Bay City. Entitled 'Wonders of the Watershed', the event was designed to showcase the natural resources found within our region.
The goal of the Conservancy's photo contest is to encourage people to capture the images of nature in the Saginaw Bay Watershed.
MyBayCity.com is pleased to present the entire group of 30 winners selected from the one 180 photos that were entered
LANDSCAPES |
LANDSCAPES 1st Place: Ice Layers by Rachel Walsh
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LANDSCAPES 2nd Place: River Ripples by Craig Sterken
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LANDSCAPES 3rd Place: Sunset by Ashley DeLong
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LANDSCAPES Honorable Mention: Serenity by Vickie Bannister
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LANDSCAPES Honorable Mention: Perching Ground by Connie Beson-Steger
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Student Category - 18 years of age or younger |
Student Category 1st Place: Freddy the Frog by Tony Soave II, age 17
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Student Category 2nd Place: Looking Over the Edge by Elizabeth A. Beson, age 14
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Student Category 3rd Place: Follow the Leader by Brendan Michael Nesbitt, age 10
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Student Category Honorable Mention: Quiet Watch by Corbin Denham, age 16
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Student Category Honorable Mention: Pinecone Bird Feeder - Sneaky Squirrel by Ben Prevost, age 8
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Student Category Honorable Mention: Duck & Reflection by Evan Prevost, age 12
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Student Category Honorable Mention: Summer Sunset by Brooke Moeller, age 5
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Student Category Honorable Mention: Fawn in Hiding by Brad Turner, age 14
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Plants & Flowers |
Plants & Flowers 1st Place: Wild Columbine at Dusk by John J. Britt
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Plants & Flowers 2nd Place: Drops of Beauty by Edward Stump
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Plants & Flowers 3rd Place: Rays from Above by Andy Kowalczyk
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Plants & Flowers Honorable Mention: Slippers of Saganing by William Gough
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Plants & Flowers Honorable Mention: Wildflower by Kathy Kent
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Wildlife |
Wildlife 1st Place: Spunky by Edward Stump
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Wildlife 2nd Place: Time for Play by Brenda Anderson
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Wildlife 3rd Place: Sand Hill Cranes by Jeanne Moeller
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Wildlife Honorable Mention: Nature, Beauty, Love by Alexis Girou
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Wildlife Honorable Mention: Study in Red and Green by Beth Skripnik
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People & Nature Honorable Mention: Spider World by Rachel Walsh
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People & Nature |
People & Nature 1st Place: On the Saganing by William Gough
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People & Nature 2nd Place: Field of Dreams by Rebecca Hall
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People & Nature 3rd Place: Walk by Laura McNeil
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People & Nature Honorable Mention: Twilight by Thomas Brown
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People & Nature Honorable Mention: View to Behold by Edward Stump
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People & Nature Honorable Mention: I Believe I Can Fly by Shelby Bailey
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