Announcing the Winners of the WV 2016 Photo Contest

Wilderness Volunteers is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 WV Photo Contest sponsored by: 

 

We received more than 100 entries and there were so many fantastic photos, picking a winner was not an easy job.

The grand prize winner for best photo is Brandon Jett. He has won a gift certificate for a free Wilderness Volunteers project good for the 2017 project season.

Brandon took this photo on the Dark Canyon service project in the Manti La Sal National Forest. 

The Landscape photo winner is Kelly Randall. He has won a Black Diamond SPOT headlamp donated by Peace Surplus, a one-year subscription donated by Backpacker Magazine, and a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI.  

Kelly took this photo on the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness service project in the White River National Forest. 

The Wildlife photo winner is Randy Kahn. He has won an Ultra-Sil Day Pack (20L) donated by Sea to Summit, a one-year subscription donated by Outside Magazine, and a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI. 

Randy took this photo on the Trinity Alps Wilderness service project in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

The Hard at Work photo winner is Amy Schwake. She has won an Ultra-Sil Pack Cover (Medium) donated by Sea to Summit, a one-year subscription donated by Backpacker Magazine, and a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI.  

Amy took this photo of Randy Meier on the Indian Peaks Wilderness service project in the Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest.

The On The Trail photo winner is Amy Schwake. She has won a Clear Stopper Dry Bag (8L) donated by Sea to Summit, a one-year subscription donated by Backpacker Magazine, and a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI. 

Amy took this photo on the Indian Peaks Wilderness service project in the Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forest.

You can see the rest of our great 2016 photo contest entries as well as photos from just about every 2016 service project online in the Wilderness Volunteers photo gallery.

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to our generous sponsors and everyone who entered!

Don't forget to bring your camera with you on your next service project so you are ready for the 2017 Wilderness Volunteers photo contest.

Announcing the 2015 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest

The 2015 season is nearly over, so let's celebrate all of the great work our trip participants helped WV accomplish this year by awarding some great prizes for a few fantastic photos!

A few of our great entries from last year:

Enter your favorite WV project photos by uploading your selections to the WV gallery in these categories: Landscapes, Wildlife, and Hard at Work.

Please add a description for each photo as well as your name and what project it was taken on.

Winners will be selected for each category as well as a grand prize winner for best photo. 

Winners will receive a voucher for a brand new pair of KEENs, a set of Leki trekking poles, and some other great gear.  You can enter as many photos as you like, just be sure to do so before the deadline on November 30th! 

Last Years Winners:

#1 Ulrich Boegli, Glacier National Park

#2 Eric Mak, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

#3 Randy Kahn, San Rafael Swell

Wilderness Forever Photo Contest

Calling All WV Shutterbugs! The "Wilderness Forever" public photography competition is currently accepting entries of images illustrating the sheer majesty, diversity, and value of our nation's wilderness areas. This professionally-juried contest is conducted by the 50th Anniversary National Wilderness Planning Team (Wilderness50), Nature's Best Photography, and the Smithsonian Institution, and will run through September 3, 2013 (the 49th anniversary of the Wilderness Act).

Approximately 50 winning contest entries will be chosen for display as large format prints in the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History as part of a 2014 exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Entries will be judged in the following Categories: Scenic Landscape, Wildlife, People in Wilderness, and Most Inspirational Moment. Detailed contest guidelines and entry instructions are found online at http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/wilderness.

This is one of the many events that the Wilderness50 team is organizing specifically designed to elevate the profile of wilderness during the lead up to 50th anniversary celebration in 2014. WV is proud to be a member of this growing coalition of federal agencies, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and other wilderness user groups whose purpose is to plan and eventually implement local, regional, and national events and projects.

We invite WV participants to enter, because we know you are skilled photographers as is evident at the WV Photo Gallery.

Steens Mountain Wilderness, photo by John Sherman