JANUARY 7, 2015

2014 Mountains of the Lands Photo Contest winners announced!

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storm by tammy manganelli                   “Storm” by Peoples’ Choice Award winner Tammy Manganelli


NORTH VALLEY – Desert Foothills Land Trust is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Mountains of the Land Trust Photo Contest.

Professional Photographers' Selections:
Grand Prize – Tereasa Funke
2nd Place – John Hoeppner
3rd Place – Azam Ossama
4th Place – Michael Funke
People's Choice Award – Tammy E. Manganelli

land trust calendarThe other finalists are: Betsy Anderson, Tom Baker, Delores Knopp, Elizabeth Long, Paul Manganelli, Diana Stockett, Ronald Thuleen, and Sam Wilson. Professional photographers Alan Lowy, Kazu Okutomi, Richard Rubenstein, Jerry Sieve and Mike Spinelli reviewed more than 120 entries and chose these 13 finalists for inclusion in the 2015 Mountains of the Land Trust Photo Contest calendar. They also chose Grand Prize, second, third and fourth place winners. The Grand Prize winner is featured on the cover of the calendar.

Online votes were collected for the Peoples’ Choice Award winner. Calendars are available for sale at the DFLT office for $12 each or two for $20.

By calling attention to the beauty and majesty of Black Mountain and Daisy Mountain, Desert Foothills Land Trust hopes to emphasize the importance of land conservation in our communities. The Land Trust is grateful to all the participants and donors for helping to celebrate the landscape we love!

For more information, visit www.dflt.org, e-mail [email protected], or call 480-488-6131.

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