Delaware Highlands Conservancy Announces Winners Of Confluence: Land, Water, Wildlife Photo Contest; ARTery Gallery Exhibition

On September 30, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy announced the winners of its seventh annual juried photo contest-- Confluence: Land, Water, Wildlife-- and a gallery exhibition of the photographs at the ARTery Gallery in Milford, Pike County starting November 7. 

The contest invited local photographers to capture striking nature photos from the Upper Delaware River region in five categories: landscape, wildlife, macro, water, and the Van Scott Nature Reserve, plus a youth category for photographers under age 18.

The winners are--                    

-- Landscape category: winner April Richling (Honesdale, PA); runners-up Jeff Sidle (Beach Lake, PA) and Eric Baylin (North Branch, NY) 

-- Wildlife category: winner Kathleen Colligan (Beach Lake, PA); runners-up Kathleen Colligan and Barbara Carpenito (Beach Lake, PA).

-- Water category: winner Beth Baylin (North Branch, NY), runners-up Roger Gottlieb (Port Jervis, NY) and April Richling (Honesdale, PA).

-- Macro category: winner Meagan Hill (Beach Lake, PA), runners-up Milicent Wightman (Beach Lake, PA) and Kathe Williams (Lake Ariel, PA).

-- Van Scott Nature Reserve category: winner Claire Shickora (Lords Valley, PA) and runner-up Alexandra Santo (Lake Ariel, PA).

-- Youth category: winner Owen Doyle, age 13; runners-up Payton Darcy, Lily Eltz, and Micah Baillie Feinblatt.

-- People’s Choice: winner and the Conservancy Staff Pick is Eileen Chorba (Beach Lake, PA).

The winning photographs are available for viewing on the Delaware Highlands Conservancy Facebook page.

ARTery Gallery Exhibit

The ARTery Gallery in Milford, PA will host the Conservancy from November 7th until December 9th in an exhibition featuring the winning photographs alongside artwork created by ARTery member artists. 

The show will commence with a reception open to the public on Saturday, November 9th from 2:00 to 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 partner and 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 Director, Marie Liu.  “The public is encouraged to visit the exhibit throughout its month-long installation to enjoy the talent of these photographers, the awesome beauty that surrounds us in the Delaware River valley, and learn about the Conservancy.”

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy works in partnership with landowners and communities to protect the working farms and forests, clean waters and wildlife habitat of the Upper Delaware River region. For more information, call 570-226-3164/845-583-1010.

[Posted: September 30, 2024]  PA Environment Digest