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News Release: For Immediate Release
May 15, 2003
OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA'S ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS: JUVENILE SEALS AT SUNSET TAKES TOP
HONORS
Contact: Alexia Retallack, Conservation Education, (916) 654-5866
Outdoor California's eagerly awaited annual photography award issue has arrived. With nine categories and several hundred entries, judges selected the best of the best of California wildlife photography.
This year's coveted "Photograph of the Year" went to John Cornforth, 31, a resident of the state of Washington. Cornforth captured juvenile seals at sunset at San Simeon after some research and discussions with a local Department of Fish and Game (DFG) warden.
"I was amazed at the stories he told of people approaching the elephant seals," said Cornforth who noted that the warden told of reports of people placing children on the backs of these 3,000-pound animals. The consequences of that behavior affect everyone.
"More states are putting restrictions on wildlife access to a greater degree to protect animals from people," said Cornforth. As a national and international traveler, Cornforth has seen some exotic places, but notes that California offers the exotic without the expense.
"California is such a beautiful and awe inspiring state," said Cornforth. "California has from the ocean to 14,000-foot mountains to high desert and low desert. There are a variety of opportunities in landscapes let alone in the wildlife."
In addition to the photography award program winners, Outdoor California's latest issue also features stories about three California plants thought to have gone extinct only to be rediscovered, desert fish rescued from a polluted pond, a coho recovery effort on the Russian River, and much more.
DFG's Outdoor California is published bi-monthly and regularly presents unique articles on the status of ongoing efforts to protect, enhance and restore California's fish, wildlife and the habitat upon which they depend.
DFG has been printing Outdoor California - one of a very few subscription-based publications produced by a state agency in California - since 1953, and it is funded almost exclusively by subscriptions with minimal advertising. Limited supplies of single issues are available for public browsing at DFG offices around the state. Outdoor California is available by mail subscription normally $12 for one year, but through a special offer, the magazine is just $9.95. Call (916) 653-6420 for more information on subscriptions.
May 15, 2003
OUTDOOR CALIFORNIA'S ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS: JUVENILE SEALS AT SUNSET TAKES TOP
HONORS
Contact: Alexia Retallack, Conservation Education, (916) 654-5866
Outdoor California's eagerly awaited annual photography award issue has arrived. With nine categories and several hundred entries, judges selected the best of the best of California wildlife photography.
This year's coveted "Photograph of the Year" went to John Cornforth, 31, a resident of the state of Washington. Cornforth captured juvenile seals at sunset at San Simeon after some research and discussions with a local Department of Fish and Game (DFG) warden.
"I was amazed at the stories he told of people approaching the elephant seals," said Cornforth who noted that the warden told of reports of people placing children on the backs of these 3,000-pound animals. The consequences of that behavior affect everyone.
"More states are putting restrictions on wildlife access to a greater degree to protect animals from people," said Cornforth. As a national and international traveler, Cornforth has seen some exotic places, but notes that California offers the exotic without the expense.
"California is such a beautiful and awe inspiring state," said Cornforth. "California has from the ocean to 14,000-foot mountains to high desert and low desert. There are a variety of opportunities in landscapes let alone in the wildlife."
In addition to the photography award program winners, Outdoor California's latest issue also features stories about three California plants thought to have gone extinct only to be rediscovered, desert fish rescued from a polluted pond, a coho recovery effort on the Russian River, and much more.
DFG's Outdoor California is published bi-monthly and regularly presents unique articles on the status of ongoing efforts to protect, enhance and restore California's fish, wildlife and the habitat upon which they depend.
DFG has been printing Outdoor California - one of a very few subscription-based publications produced by a state agency in California - since 1953, and it is funded almost exclusively by subscriptions with minimal advertising. Limited supplies of single issues are available for public browsing at DFG offices around the state. Outdoor California is available by mail subscription normally $12 for one year, but through a special offer, the magazine is just $9.95. Call (916) 653-6420 for more information on subscriptions.
