In honor of International Year of Forests, The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Lands and Forests kicked off the Celebrating New York's Forests Photo Contest. This contest was an effort to increase awareness of and appreciation for all types of forests, urban and rural, large and small, public and privately owned, across the state.
Announced December 1, 2011, the winning photos in 6 categories are:
Nature: Fiddleheads in the Forest by Joanne Hihn
Enjoying the Forest: Fishing the Mist by Michael Linse
Trees Where We Live: Home by Michael Linse
Forest Products: ADK Sunrise by Michael Fey
State-owned Forests: Forever Wild by Wayne Jones
Commissioner's Choice: Brookfield Woods by Wells Horton
We would like to congratulate all of our photographers. We received more than 530 amazing photos.
You can see the semifinalists and more here.
