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TamaracNationalWildlifeRefugeNaturePhotographyContest2016 Winning Photos

GrandPrize:Nature’sDrillingRigs–JaneEastes

Manager’sChoiceSolitudeJannKline

RefugeFriend’sChoiceBowingtoGlory

GregStetz

People’sChoiceFullMoonSwansPattiDoeden

WildlifeLivebirds,mammals,reptiles,amphibians,andinsectsintheirnaturalhabitat.First Place

Nature’sDrillingRigsJaneEastes

Second Place HeronOverBlackbirdJeanetteHunkins

Third Place Snacktime

RichardLambertHonorableMentions:HavingLunch(ClaudineGrove),PewCute(KristieYliniemi),TheConductor(Barbara

Haberman)

PlantLifeTrees,shrubs,grasses,flowers,mushrooms,andotherfloraintheirnaturalhabitat.First Place

LovelyLilyRobertLarson

Second Place FirstBlushJaneEastes

Third Place SignOfSpring

BarbaraHabermanHonorableMentions:AftertheStorm(ClaudineGrove),AutumnsBloom(KristieYliniemi)ScenicLandscapesandscenicvistas.

First Place StillWatersJaneEastes

Second Place County29DaleRehder

Third Place FallRoad

DianeTurcotteHonorableMentions:FullMoonSwans(PattiDoeden),StoriesTheyCouldTell(GregStetz)BittersweetMist(BaileyYliniemi)Nature’sAbstractsImagesofnature’sshapes,colorsandpatterns,acreativecategoryrevealingtheartinnature.

First Place Nature’sOrnaments

BaileyYliniemi

Second Place IceFormationJannKline

Third Place IceCaptive

KristieYliniemiHonorableMentions:Mare’sTails(CarolynWenger),

RecreationPeopleenjoyingtherecreationalopportunitiesontherefuge.First Place ATimeForRestBaileyYliniemi

Second Place RattleNRoll

KristieYliniemi

Third Place FutureOfTamaracBarbaraHaberman

HonorableMentions:MorningHunt(GregStetz),CapturingtheMoment(CarolynWenger)

TamaracNationalWildlifeRefugeNaturePhotographyContestissponsoredbyFriendsofTamaracNationalWildlifeRefuge.ContestjudgeswerePaulaQuam(Editor,Photographer,DetroitLakesNewspapers),DragoNemec(DetroitLakesPhotoGroup),andHansGilsdorf(Renownedlocalartistandoccasionalkiltwearer).