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Coastal Management in Action Photo Contest
Coastal Management in Action Photo Contest
Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the 2023 Coastal Management in Action photo contest winners. A panel of judges anonymously selected winning photos and honorable mentions from over 90 submissions. Thank you to all the photographers out there.
Areas We Protect
Savanna Mathis. View of the transition between hammock, marsh, and the Tolomato River. GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Julio Aguilar. Nubble Lighthouse. York, Maine.
Recreation
Julio Aguilar. Three surfers waiting for a wave and three beach walkers taking a morning stroll. Wells Beach, Maine.
Verena Kellner. Sunset over lake Michigan with kayakers. Wilderness State Park, Michigan.
Public Access
Verena Kellner. Sunset over Colonial Beach Municipal Pier. Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.
Verena Kellner. View of the Pacific Ocean, trees, and dunes. Oregon Dunes, Oregon.
Permitting
Julio Aguilar. Sea walls after a storm front had cleared that morning. Wells, Maine.
Coastal Hazards
Sarah Beggerly. A sailboat sits just off the beach during a morning thunderstorm. Virginia Key Beach, Florida.
Steve Holland. Rough seas on Lake Erie. Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
Marine Debris
Melissa Rietfors. Two kids display their microplastic artwork using a washed up buoy and marine debris. Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii.
Ocean Planning
Bert Weeks. A school of bigeye scad swim in front of two hotels. Waikiki, Hawaii.
Economics
Bert Weeks. A school of damselfish lives in a patch of corals fronting a power plant. Piti, Guam.
Julio Aguilar. Sunrise over a still sleeping town. Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
Honorable Mentions

Julio Aguilar. The edge of Laudholm Reserve over Mile Road during the fall. Wells, Maine.

Savanna Mathis. Green tree frog at ephemeral wetland within mesic hammock. GTM National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Julio Aguilar. Sun rising just after a storm front. Ogunquit, Maine.

Michael Schilling. Green sea turtle coming up for air after feeding on the seagrass. Culebra, Puerto Rico.

Michael Schilling. Mangrove at night with lights seen from Miami. Key Largo, Florida.