2025 Refuge Photo Contest

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2025 Birds Category

Zack Aurand

1st Place, American Kestral


Jackie Follet

Honorable Mention, Sandhill Cranes


Billy Lowney

Honorable Mention, Red-winged Blackbird


Gina Pemberton

Honorable Mention, Northern Harrier & Short-eared Owl


2025 Landscape Category

Mary Bucher Ross

1st Place, Rainbow on the River S


Kathryn Caine

Honorable Mention, Foggy Sunrise on the River S


2025 Plant Life Category

Kathryn Caine

1st Place, Ceratina Bee on Chicory Flower


Dana Beasley

Honorable Mention, Fuzzy-horned Bumblebee on Nightshade Flowers


2025 Wildlife Category

Steve Pickering

1st Place, Coyote


Zack Aurand

Honorable Mention, Young Columbian White-tailed Deer


2025 Youth Category

Emmett Caine

1st Place, Sunset on a River S Slough


Tysen Sterling

Honorable Mention, European paper wasps on a fence


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