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Photo Contest Winners

We received some really great submissions for this year’s local Conservation Photo Contest. Congratulations to this year’s winners: Lauri DeRuiter-Willems, Sandra Cooper, and Annabell Lee! DeRuiter-Willems secured first place in the “Ag/Conservation Across America” category with her submission “Farm & Moon” and first place in the Close Up Conservation category with “Go Your Own Way Little Turtle.” Cooper secured first place awards in Conservation in Action with her photo “Feathered Forager” and in Conservation Practices with “Coneflower Corner.” Lee earned two first place awards as well with “The Restoration” in the Conservation Practices (youth) category and “Ruby” in the Close Up Conservation (youth) category. All of the photos can be viewed online at https://tinyurl.com/y8gdsc6t