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2004 NNL Photo Contest Winners
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Text accompanying each of the winning photos is based on descriptions submitted by the photographers. The NNL program does not necessarily guarantee its accuracy.
For official descriptions of these NNLs please visit the NNL Guide by State
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 1st place:
McNeil River State Game Sanctuary, Alaska
Judy Alderson
"McNeil River State Game Sanctuary is one of the premier bear viewing opportunities in the world. It is open to the public by permit only. McNeil River contains a series of small, shallow falls where brown bears concentrate to fish for chum salmon."
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 2nd place:
Paynes Prairie Preserve, Florida
Dominick Martino
"Paynes Prairie is a 21,000 acre wilderness in southern Alachua county Florida." This picture is of the "observation boardwalk at sunrise."
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 3rd place:
Caverns of Sonora, Texas
Heather Germaine
"This site is significant because of the unusual cave formations, such as complex, bladed helictites that are often clear to transparent and the coralloid growths that give the cave a feathery or lacy appearance."
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| Honorable Mentions |
 Walrus Islands, Alaska
Judy Alderson
"The NNL was designated as a primary haul-out area for bull walruses where they concentrate in large numbers."
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 Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
Steven Martin
"This photo depicts the colors of the landforms and provides an example of the geologic forces the area is significant for."
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 Paynes Prairie Preserve, Florida
Dominick Martino
"Paynes Prairie is a 21,000 acre wilderness in southern Alachua County. 271 bird species use the preserve for their survival from late November to early March, including the Great Blue Heron."
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 Fouha Point, Guam
Steve Gibbons
"The site contains exposures of volcanic rock with a nearby intertidal platform of two levels of coralline limestone."
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 Unga Island, Alaska
Lynn Griffiths, Bruce Giffen, & Bob Strobe
"In early morning light, this is a photo of a fossil wood sequoia tree trunk on a beach of Unga Island, Alaska. The ocean tide is out, revealing this 20 million year old fossil treasure."
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 Nay Aug Gorge Park and Waterfall, Pennsylvania
Michael Poster
"Nay Aug Gorge is part of the recently revitalized Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It’s a beautiful area that was closed to the public and virtually inaccessible for many years. Now the park and gorge are teeming with visitors who enjoy one of northeastern Pennsylvania’s most beautiful natural areas in an urban setting."
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 Capitol Rock, Montana
Bill Schreier
"The site is nationally significant as an erosional remnant, carved in white clay and sandstone, that resembles the capitol building when viewed from the east. It is visible from as much as 50 miles out in the prairie and served as a landmark for wagon trains traveling across the Dakota Territory. The foreground road is a remnant of the original wagon road and now serves as a 4 wheel drive access road."
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 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Margi Brooks
"The photo depicts striking examples of some of the various desert plant communities found in this NNL, which is significant for its Colorado Desert Vegetation."
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 Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida
R. J. Wiley
"This photo represents my best attempt to capture the magnificent grandeur of the old growth cypress forest at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. The 2 ½ mile boardwalk is the public’s pathway through the forest."
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 Mendon Ponds Park, New York
Tim Tatakis
"A variety of wetland habitats are found in Mendon Ponds Park and they support a rich diversity of plant and animal life, including some species rarely found in other parts of western New York. This photo shows a wetland area along with the influence of beaver in the park."
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