| CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
A picture that captures, with all its phenomena, the air,
water, minerals, and life (flora and fauna) – an appreciation
of the world.
1st Place
Tony Overman
The Olympian
Helicopter pilot Jess Hagerman swoops low as Rocky
Spencer of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
hangs from the doorway and fires a tranquilizer dart (far
right) into a Roosevelt elk during a capture procedure south
of Elma, Wash., on March 9, 2002. The elk will be relocated
to an area north of Mount Rainier, where native herds are
diminishing.
2nd Place
Damon Winter
The Dallas Morning News
The American Electric Power General James M. Gavin Plant looms
over Chris Brown, 16, (left) and Adam Schultz, 16, as they
watch a high school softball game. After years of complaints
about chemical fallout, air pollution and pollution related
illnesses from Cheshire residents, AEP, in an unprecidented
action, bought out the entire town.
3rd Place
Ric Fearson-Quest/AP
Sports Illustrated
Snake handler Peter Morningstar has his brow bitten by a 7
kilogram (15.5 pound), 3 meter (10 feet) long carpet snake
during a photo shoot for a newspaper in Brisbane, Australia
Thursday, May 30, 2002 after Morningstar removed the snake
from a roof of a house. Reptile lover Morningstar has been
bitten by non-venomous snakes before and this time the snake
bit off more than it could chew, leaving only small puncture
marks on Morningstar's face.
Honorable Mention
Greg Wood
AFP
A three-week old Jackson's Chameleon (L) climbs off
a male's horn at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, 23 September 2002.
Honorable Mention
ANDY BRONSON
THE NEWS-REVIEW
Umpqua National Forest's Forestry Technician Marshall Good
uses a tape measure to check the diameter of a fir tree near
Bachelor Creek east of Glide, Ore. on December 5, 2002. Good
and other technicians were out plotting areas and collecting
data in areas burned by the Apple Fire. The technicians were
recording the severity of the burn, percentage of tree crown
still alive and snag sizes as well as other data about damage
to the plotted area.
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