WINNERS OF THE 2008 PHOTO CONTEST!

This year’s winners of the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee’s Weed Photo Contest have been awarded their prizes. Tim Kendrick and Ida Koric won 1st and 2nd place respectively in the “Impacted Habitats” category. Laurie Meers and Bea Shumey placed 1st and 2nd respectively for their photos in the “Human Impacts and Invasive Plants” category. Mike Mayrhofer of Vogue Studios and Nancie Dohan, past coordinator for the CKIPC judged the photos for this 2nd annual photo contest.

The goals of the contest were to raise awareness about invasive plants in the Central Kootenays and to increase the CKIPC photo database for future educational outreach programs. Since its formation in 2005, the non-profit society of the Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee continues to play a key role in invasive plant education, awareness and management.

Support for this contest came from the Columbia Basin Trust, Ministry of Environment, ministry of Forests and Range, Agriculture Environment Initiative. Thanks also goes out to Vogue Photographic Ltd. For their in-kind support.

This Photograph of Policeman's helmet (Impatiens glandulifera) by Ida Koric on the way to Violin Lake won 2nd place in the category “Impacted Habitats”.

Added on December 9th, 2008 - Return to Special Features