Through summer 2021, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy held its fourth annual juried photo contest, "Confluence: Land, Water, Wildlife." The contest invited local photographers to capture striking nature photos from the Upper Delaware River region in five categories: landscape, wildlife, macro, water, and a youth category for photographers under 18.

The Conservancy is pleased to announce the winners of the juried contest--

-- Landscape Category: winner - Tina Tison, runners-up - William Brown and Daniel Pilz.

-- Wildlife Category: winner - Kathleen Colligan, runners-up - Laurie Lobbregt and Paul Lobbregt.

-- Water Category: winner - Milicent Wightman, runners-up - Liz DiMenno and Clark Pitcairn.

-- Macro Category: winner - Jeffrey Sidle, runners-up - Melissa Stiglich and George Silvaney.

-- Youth Category: winner - Anna Brown, age 13; runners-up - Klara Gonzalez, Kallista Strout, Daisy Olivo Heller, Aidan Berman, Mckayleigh Lokuta, Jackson Hancock, and Maxwell Hancock.

-- People’s Choice: winner is Clark Pitcairn and the Conservancy Staff Pick is Kathryn Beisel.

The winning photographs are also available for viewing on the Conservancy’s Facebook page.

Gallery Exhibit

The ARTery Gallery in Milford, Pike County will host the Conservancy from November 11th until December 6th in an exhibition featuring the winning photographs as well as artwork created by the gallery’s member artists.

The show will commence with a reception open to the public on November 13 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

The ARTery Gallery is located in the historic Forest Hall building at 210 Broad Street in Milford, PA. The cooperative gallery is owned and operated by successful and emerging artists and artisans from the Tri-State area. They enjoy collaborating with and presenting exhibits with other local organizations and are proud to exhibit these winning photographs each year. 

“Meeting the photographers and sharing their work with visitors who thoroughly enjoy the beautiful images of our region is a high point of our yearly exhibit schedule,” says gallery curator Marie Liu.

Contact the ARTery Gallery at 570-296-1234. Hours are Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m.  - 6:00 p.m. and Sunday and Monday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

For more information on programs, initiatives and special events, visit the Delaware Highlands Conservancy website or call 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Conservancy, Like on Facebook and Follow on Twitter. Learn about the Green Lodging Partnership initiative.  Click Here to support their work.

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is committed to sustaining our rural quality of life and focused on the connections between local citizens, a healthy environment, and a strong local economy.  It has permanently protected over 18,000 acres of working farms and forests, clean waters and wildlife habitat in the Upper Delaware region.

(Photos: Wildlife Category Winner by Kathleen Colligan, Wayne County PA: Youth Winner Anna, Age 13.)

[Posted: October 19, 2021]

10/25/2021