2020 PHOTO CONTEST

Congratulations to the 10th California Islands Symposium photo contest winners!!! The contest consisted of four (4) categories:

(1) Landscapes, Waterscapes, Flora;

(2) Wildlife (Terrestrial/Marine);

(3) Art of the Islands and

(4)History and Education

All photographs submitted were taken on one of the California and Baja California Islands or surrounding marine environment.

                                                                  ~Symposium Planning Committee

WINNERS OF THE 2020 CONTEST

 1st Overall: Title: Sleepy Fox, Santa Cruz Island

        Credit: Calypso Gagorik

 1st Landscapes: Title: East End Anacapa, morning light

        Credit: Dan Harding

1st Wildlife:  Title: Female California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) in a dominance display. Santa Cruz Island, California

        Credit: Katie Davis

1st Art:  Title: Anthropogenic Landscapes through LiDAR: The Chumash Village of L'akayamu and Historic Road, Western Santa Cruz Island

        Credit:Kristina Gill

1st History & Education: Title: Chumash paddlers in tomol Muptami en route to Limuw (Santa Cruz Island)

        Credit: Robert Schwemmer

2nd Overall: Title: Santa Rosa Island looking through the Torrey Pine grove

        Credit: Denise Knapp

2nd Landscapes:  Title: Greene's dudleya (Dudleya greenei) and Chumash midden perched on a high sea cliff, North Coast, Santa Cruz Island

        Credit: Kristina Gill

2nd Wildlife: Title:Male Island Scrub-Jay, Central Valley, Santa Cruz Island

        Credit: Christopher Tarango

2nd Art: Title: Hamachi Roll - Santa Cruz Island

        Credit: Morgan Ball

2nd History & Education:  Title: Catalina Island Conservancy's Annual Thad & BZ Jones hike in 2019.

        Credit: Amy Fernandez

3rd Overall: Title: Santa Cruz Island Silver Lotus on top of Montanon Ridge, Santa Cruz Island

        Credit: Chuck Graham

3rd Landscapes: Title: Fraser Point Bloom, Santa Cruz Island

        Credit: Calypso Gagorik

3rd Wildlife:  Title: Guadalupe's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) nesting on Guadalupe Island

        Credit: © GECI / J.A. Soriano

3rd Art: Title: Gull Feathers, Anacapa Island

        Credit:Dan_Harding

3rd History & Education: Title: Guardian of the shipwreck Aggi, Santa Rosa Island

        Credit:Robert Schwemmer