Water: Wetlands
2002 Wetland Photography Contest
The theme of the 2002 wetland photo contest was the functions and values of wetlands. The following winning photographs are featured on an EPA poster illustrating how protecting and restoring the natural resources and functions of wetlands have both economic and environmental benefits. To receive a copy of the poster call 1-800-490-9198 and ask for publication EPA 843-H-02-001, or online at https://www.epa.gov/ncepihom.
Grand Prize Winner
© 2002 by Elinor Osborn
Black Tern Feeding Chick
Function: Wildlife Habitat
Salmon Creek Marsh near Rochester, New York
Finalists
© 2002 by Anneke Davis
Pine Barrens Swamp
Function: Stream Flow Maintenance, Groundwater Recharge
Pleasant Mills, New Jersey
© 2002 by Jay O'Brien
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Function: Ecological Productivity of Coastal Wetlands
"Bombay Hook NWR" Delaware
© 2002 by Dennis Demcheck
Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Floodplain
Function: Floodwater Storage
Lake Fausse Point, Louisiana
© 2002 by Jim Newton
Bear Swamp
Function: Water Quality
Saratoga Springs, New York
© 2002 by Jim Newton
Spring Run, Winter
Function: Aesthetics, Open Space
Saratoga Springs, New York
© 2002 by Michael Corey
Looking for Polliwogs
Function: Environmental Education
Sharon Pond Swamp, Adirondacks, New York
© 2002 by Ralph Tramontano
Woodhouse's Toad, Calling Male
Function: Critical Habitat for Breeding
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota
© 2002 by Margaret Saint Claire
Beavers
Function: Creating Habitats, Storing Water
Redmond, Washington
© 2002 by James Valentine for Florida Power and
Light's Everglades Mitigation Bank
Crocodile
Function: Wetland Mitigation Bank
South Florida Everglades
The theme of the 2002 wetland photo contest was the functions and values of wetlands. The following winning photographs are featured on an EPA poster illustrating how protecting and restoring the natural resources and functions of wetlands have both economic and environmental benefits. To receive a copy of the poster call 1-800-490-9198 and ask for publication EPA 843-H-02-001, or online at https://www.epa.gov/ncepihom.
Grand Prize Winner
© 2002 by Elinor Osborn
Black Tern Feeding Chick
Function: Wildlife Habitat
Salmon Creek Marsh near Rochester, New York
Finalists
© 2002 by Anneke Davis
Pine Barrens Swamp
Function: Stream Flow Maintenance, Groundwater Recharge
Pleasant Mills, New Jersey
© 2002 by Jay O'Brien
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Function: Ecological Productivity of Coastal Wetlands
"Bombay Hook NWR" Delaware
© 2002 by Dennis Demcheck
Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Floodplain
Function: Floodwater Storage
Lake Fausse Point, Louisiana
© 2002 by Jim Newton
Bear Swamp
Function: Water Quality
Saratoga Springs, New York
© 2002 by Jim Newton
Spring Run, Winter
Function: Aesthetics, Open Space
Saratoga Springs, New York
© 2002 by Michael Corey
Looking for Polliwogs
Function: Environmental Education
Sharon Pond Swamp, Adirondacks, New York
© 2002 by Ralph Tramontano
Woodhouse's Toad, Calling Male
Function: Critical Habitat for Breeding
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota
© 2002 by Margaret Saint Claire
Beavers
Function: Creating Habitats, Storing Water
Redmond, Washington
© 2002 by James Valentine for Florida Power and
Light's Everglades Mitigation Bank
Crocodile
Function: Wetland Mitigation Bank
South Florida Everglades