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Congratulations to our 2021 Winners!

Best in Show

Photographer: Greg Wolfe

A summer trail in the golden hour

Staff Pick

Photographer: Kelly Brunarski

Close up of a buck in a field. The buck is looking directly at the camera.

Architecture Category Winners

First Place Winner: Andrew Fix

Second Place Winner: Kelly Brunarski

Third Place Winner: Ellen Long

A spider web with dew on a green background
A wide angle lens view of the corner of a log cabin
A wooden bridge on a trail in fall

Insect Category Winners

First Place Winner: Andrew Fix

Second Place Winner: Sue St. Clair

Third Place Winner: Gretchen Bodmer

A robber fly sits on the end of a blade of grass
A red and black beetle
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly

People Category Winners

First Place Winner: Gretchen Bodmer

Second Place Winner: Kassi Wilson

Third Place Winner: Robert Ihrig

A young girl leaps off a stone into the blue sky
A young boy sits on the boardwalk looking at a pond
An older man stands in the doorway of a cabin

Plants & Fungi Category Winners

First Place Winner: Greg Wolfe

Second Place Winner: Jeff White

Third Place Winner: Robert Ihrig

Image of gooseneck loosestrife
A white trout lily
A small ant on the closed blossom of a rose mallow bloom

Snow & Ice Category Winners

First Place Winner: Kelly Brunarski

Second Place Winner: Jeff White

Third Place Winner: Gretchen Bodmer

A snowy field in the sun
Close up of frost on a field of plants
Mushrooms on a log in the frost

Trails Category Winners

First Place Winner: Edward Goode

Second Place Winner: Kelly Brunarski

Third Place Winner: Gretchen Bodmer

A misty green trail
A stone wall along a trail in fall
A forested summer trail

Wildlife Category Winners

First Place Winner: Kathleen Cahall

Second Place Winner: Andrew Fix

Third Place Winner: Brian Forschner

A female Northern Cardinal
A male Redwing Blackbird in the snow
A young raccoon peeking around a tree

Youth Category Winners

First Place Winner: Kip Lehman

Second Place Winner: Aiden Dorsey

Third Place Winner: Alex Riley

A turtle on a log
A close up of a crocus bloom
Great Blue Herons in nest