From staff reports
An Oil City photographer has gained acclaim with one of her entries in the 2021 Pennsylvania Parks and Forest Foundation’s photo contest.
Dot Monahan won the people’s choice award in the Natural Value category of the annual contest with a shot of a great horned owlet that she spotted at Presque Isle State Park in Erie.
The 2021 contest marked the 50th anniversary of the Environmental Rights Amendment to Pennsylvania’s Constitution. In celebration, the Parks and Forest Foundation focused its annual photo contest on key aspects of this legislation.
These included clean air, pure water, natural value, scenic value, historic value, aesthetic value and a young photographers category.
The photo that earned her the people’s choice award was one of two great horned owlets she saw near their nest at Presque Isle.
The foundations 2022 photo contest is open now, and professional and amateur photographers may enter their photos captured throughout the seasons in Pennsylvania’s parks and forests.
More details are available at paparksandforests.org.
