2008 PFBC Photography Contest From 288 entries, judges selected first-, second- and third-place winners and one honorable-mention winner in the six categories of the 2008 PA Fish & Boat Commission Photography Contest. First-, second- and third-place winners will receive a certificate, the limited-edition magazine 75th anniversary patches and the limited-edition 2008 nongame species patch. Honorable mention winners will receive a certificate and the limited-edition 2008 nongame species patch. The contest s best in show winner, now chosen for the fourth year, was selected from all category first-place winners. The best in show winner (see below) will receive a framed print. Special thanks go to this year s judges: PA Angler & Boater editor Spring Gearhart, Commission communications chief Eric Levis and Commission waterway programs manager Kelly Sharp. A tip of the hat also goes to employees Norine Bahnweg, Rose Ann Bartal and Teri Miller for tracking submissions as they arrived and for organizing the entries for judging. Winning photographs may appear in future issues of PA Angler & Boater and in other Commission publications, exhibits, projects and media. Winning entries also appear on the Commission s web site, www.fishandboat.com. See page 53 to view the 2009 PA Fish & Boat Commission Photography Contest rules and entry form. The entry deadline is December 31, 2009. Don t wait. Search your photographs, plan a photography trip now, fill out an entry form (required) and enter the 2009 contest. Waterway Scenics (Impoundments) and Best in Show Sarah Wagaman Wellsboro, PA Hills Creek Lake, Hills Creek Lake State Park, Tioga County Allan A. Klutch McKees Rocks, PA Father and Son, Lake Erie, mouth of Trout Run, Erie County www.fish.state.pa.us www.fishandboat.com Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March/April March-April 2008 2009 312
Linda Grafius Langhorne, PA Foggy Morning, Lake Minisink, Pike County Charles T. Evans Jefferson Hills, PA Lake Erie Sunset, Raccoon Creek, Erie County Waterway Scenics (Flowing Water) Katie Dunlavey North East, PA French Creek, Erie County George Shearer Harrisburg, PA Kitchen Creek, Ricketts Glen State Park, Luzerne County 323 Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March/April 2008 2009 www.fish.state.pa.us www.fishandboat.com
Dennis Raphael Clifton Heights, PA Darby Creek, Delaware County Marian Shoemaker Souderton, PA Kettle Creek, Clinton County Seasonal Fishing and/or Boating Cynthia Branson Horsham, PA Lake Nockamixon, Nockamixon State Park, Bucks County Jeffrey Waldo Bethel Park, PA Dave Grogan, Ohio River, Allegheny County Linda Grafius Langhorne, PA Lake Minisink, Pike County Michelle LaWall Bethlehem, PA Lake Wallenpaupack, Wayne County www.fish.state.pa.us www.fishandboat.com Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March/April March-April 2008 2009 334
Young Anglers and/or Boaters Anthony J. Korch Nanticoke, PA Sara Berholtz and Seth Korch, Harvey s Creek, Luzerne County Barbara Seaman Radnor, PA Izy and Ace Seaman, Schuylkill River, Montgomery County Terry E. Ward Franklin County Mark Conrad Altoona, PA Ken and Zach Conrad, Trough Creek State Park, Huntingdon County Honorable Mention Anthony Fisher Kara Fisher, Sherman Creek, Perry County Family Fishing and/or Boating Janet Ward Owen Shrader with his grandfather, Terry Ward, Franklin County 34 5 Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March/April 2008 2009 www.fish.state.pa.us www.fishandboat.com
Anthony Fisher Chloe Fisher and Tyler Fritz, Raystown Lake, Huntingdon County Matthew Myers Oakdale, PA Lake Erie, Erie County Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates Charles Rehm Grahamsville, NY Snapping turtle, Pequea Creek, Lancaster County Tina Kirkpatrick New Cumberland, PA Snapping turtle, Wildwood Park, Dauphin County Karen Busi Slippery Rock, PA Northern green frog, Moraine State Park, Butler County Anne Martino Lake Harmony, PA Praying mantis, Monroe County www.fish.state.pa.us www.fishandboat.com Pennsylvania Angler & Boater March/April March-April 2008 2009 356