2017 Photo Submissions: Natural Features and Wildlife

Photo by Paul Schultz “A Packer Fan” Samuel Myers Park, Racine By Lorri Howski “A Rare Visitor” Lakeshore State Park, Milwaukee BY Lorri Howski “After the Storm” Lake Park, Milwaukee By Patty Henry “After the Storm” Pattison Falls State Park By Wisteria Gunnink “American Marten Cat Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Submitted by Eric R. Olson (With credit to Northland College, UW-Madison, and National Park Service) “American White Pelican” Sheboygan, WI By Ruth Harker “Amongst the Bee Balm” Blue Vista Farm, Bayfield By Lara Hogan “Anderson Dock Sunset” Ephraim, WI By Paul Schultz “Autumnal Enchantment” Oshkosh, WI By Marcia Last “Bayfield Stars” By Jim Peacock “Beach Buddies” Lions Den Gorge Natural Area By Christine Kuhn “Beautiful Lake Michigan Shoreline” Cave Point County Park By Sharyl Fischback “Big Bay State Park” Apostle Islands National Lakeshore By Max Janssen “Bird’s Eye View” Nashotah, WI By Emilie Blanck

“Birds of the Sea” Lake Michigan By Emilie Blanck “Birds, Birds, Birds” Sheboygan, WI By Glenn A. Gierzycki “Blackberry Blossoms” Bayfield County By Bill Mattes “Braving the Winds” Kohler-Andrae State Park By Jerry Kiesow “Breakfast” Chequamegon Bay, Ashland By John Welling “Calm Launch at Dawn” Jackson Harbor, WI By Michelle Frederick “Catching Some Rays” Sheboygan, WI By Renee Blaubach “Cave Point in January” Cave Point County Park By Chuck Germain

“Crystal Canopy” Port Washington, WI By Mason Morris “Diving Ducks” Chequamegon Bay, Ashland By Lana Froemming “Double Rainbow over Long Island” Long Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore By Denise Gilles “Drop of Ice” Bayfield, WI By Brandon Miller “Dusk at Port Superior” Bayfield, WI By Lara Hogan “Early Summer Sunset Over Lake Superior” Bayfield, WI By Michael Metcalf “Endless Beach” Oliveby, MI looking toward WI By Renee LeBotte “Endless Skies” Algoma, WI By Renee LeBotte “Ferry Snowy” Lake Express on Lake Michigan By Lorri Howski “Fire in the Sky” Bad River Reservation By Denise Gilles “Foggy Solitude” McKinley Marina, Milwaukee By Matthew Mitschke “Frozen Bay” Chequamegon Bay between Washburn and Long Island By Lana Froemming

“Full Moon Rising” Bender Park, Oak Creek By Julie A. Anderson “Fury” Milwaukee, WI By Paul Schultz “Gitchigoomie Changing Seasons” Bad River Reservation By Denise Gilles “Gliding the High Winds” Sheboygan, WI By Brandon Wambach “God’s Cold Creation” Racine, WI By Joanie Giusto “Gulls at the Beach” Kohler-Andrae State Park By Victoria Almgren “Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun” Milwaukee, WI By Marc Ponto “Houghton Falls State Natural Area” By Walt Huss

“I Love My Suet Block” Peninsula State Park By Karen Gersonde “Ice Cave at Sunset” Near Bayfield, WI By Kristen Miechele DeBruyne “Ice Caves at the Apostle Islands” Near Cornucopia, WI By Scott Pearson “Icy River” Estabrook Park, Milwaukee By Max Janssen “Interstate Falls” Hurley, WI By Philip Schwarz “January Sunrise” Harrington Beach State Park By Daniel Schmitz “Kayaking Along the Sea Caves” Apostle Islands National Lakeshore By Jill Van Daalwyk “Lake Michigan – the Calming Effect” Near Harrington Beach State Park By Gregory L. Dietsche “Lake Michigan Rocks!” Near Harrington Beach State Park By Gregory L. Dietsche “Lake Michigan Sunset” Near Harrington Beach State Park By Gregory L. Dietsche “Lake Superior” Apostle Islands National Lakeshore By Karie Hiam “Last Light” Washburn, WI By Brandon Miller “Lil’ Sandman Lake” Lake Michigan By Emilie Blanck “Looking for Nectar” Whitefish Dunes State Park By Karen Gersonde “Lost Creek Falls” Cornucopia, WI By Colleen Greene “Majestic Sunrise” Jacksonport, WI By Mae Muehl “ ‘Milkweed’ Bug” Kohler-Andrae State Park By James E. Schultz “Milky Way Over Cana” Bailey’s Harbor By Paul Schultz “Misty” McKinley Marina, Milwaukee By Mark Straub “Moonrise Over Lake Michigan” Cleveland, WI By Joseph Bilty “Morning Blues” Grant Park, Milwaukee By Edward Deiro “Morning Majesty” Oostburg, WI By Marcia Last “My Tulips” West Gardens, Manitowoc By Carl Courtois Sr. “Natural Fall Beauty” Marinette, WI By Christiana Bartelme “Nature’s Canvas” Grant Park, South Milwaukee By Edward Deiro “Northern Tip Sunrise” Peninsula State Park By Edward Brey “Not on My Rock” Sheboygan, WI By Reggie Gauger “Not Your Typical Icicle” Silver Creek Park, Manitowoc By Titus Seilheimer “One Legged Seagull” Algoma, WI By Carl Courtois Sr. “Otter with Fish” Chequamegon Bay, Ashland By John Welling “Overlook at Cave Point” Cave Point County Park By Sharyl Fischback “Painted Sunrise” South Shore, Bayview By Wendi Huffman “Peaceful Morning” Ephraim, WI By John Cardamone “Peaceful Shores” Bayfield, WI By Tracy Brunner “Peeking Through the Reeds” Peninsula State Park By Martha Trowe “Pelicans 1” Sheboygan, WI By Karen Mayer “Pelicans 2” Sheboygan, WI By Karen Mayer “Pelicans in Sheboygan” By Ginger Hopkins “Point of Light” Red Cliff, WI By Jim Peacock “Pointing to Sunrise” Milwaukee, WI By Matthew Mitschke “Quiet Morning” Algoma, WI By Martha Trowe “Racine Harbor” By Jeremie McDowell “Roots Along the Shore” Cave Point County Park By Ginger Hopkins “Rough Ice” Bayfield, WI By Brandon Miller “Sea Caves” Apostle Islands National Lakeshore By Karie Hiam “Sea Smoke” Chequamegon Bay, Ashland By Karie Hiam “Shades of Blue” Cave Point County Park By Martha Trowe “Sheet of White” Crescent“Sheet Beach of White”Boardwalk, Algoma By ReneeCrescent LeBotte Beach Boardwalk “Shoreline Whitetail” Sheboygan, WI By Reggie Gauger “Short-Eared Owl” Killsnake Wildlife Area By Pamela A. Garzone “Sioux Beach Sunrise” Sioux Beach, Lake Superior By Eric Iversen “Samuel Myers Park – Sand Prairie in Bloom” Racine, WI By Julie Kinzelman “Sky Blue Asters with Bumble Bee” Samuel Myers Park, Racine By Julie Kinzelman “Standing Tall” Sheboygan, WI By Peggy Burich “Steamy Lake Michigan” Harrington Beach State Park By Daniel Schmitz “Sunrise Seagulls” Sheboygan, WI By Karen Mayer “Sunrises are for the Birds” Bradford Beach, Milwaukee By Edward Deiro “Sunset at Little Sand Bay” Apostle Islands National Lakeshore By Jill Van Daalwyk “Sunset Dock” Cedar Grove, WI By Ginger Hopkins “Sunset at Little Sand Bay in Color” Apostle Islands By Jill Van Daalwyk Sunset Over Manitowoc’s Pier” By Christiana Bertelme “Sunset Through the Forest” Peninsula State Park By Karen Gersonde “Supermoon Rising over Lake Michigan” Doctors Park, Fox Point, WI By Jessica Ruben “The Beach” Bayview Park, Washburn By Kelly Johnson “The Ice Moon” Seagull Bar State Natural Area By Jeff Berry “Trees on the Rocks” Madeline Island, Apostles By Norma Larrabee Gabriel “Wading in a Winter Wonderland” Sauk Creek, Port Washington By Brandon Wambach “Warming Up – Sandhill Cranes with Young” Stockton Island Tombolo, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Submitted by Eric R. Olson (With credit to Northland College, UW-Madison , and National Park Service) “Watching Waves” Cana Island, Bailey’s Harbor By Sharyl Fischback “Weeds in the Snow” Kohler-Andrae State Park By Jerry Kiesow “Winter Lighthouse” Sheboygan, WI By Victoria Almgren “Wintery Skies as Waves Break Along the Breakwater” Racine, WI By Julie A. Anderson “Wisconsin Point Lighthouse” Superior, WI By Philip Schwarz “Woodpecker” Door County By Max Janssen