The Taunton River Watershed Alliance (TRWA) is pleased to announce the winners of its Annual Taunton River Tide Calendar Photography Contest. This year the calendar features the work of 13 area photographers and nature enthusiasts. Pictures are of the wildlife and scenery within the Taunton River Watershed, 562 square miles in all of or part of 43 Southeastern Massachusetts cities and towns.
This year’s winners are:
Cover – “Picture Perfect on the Taunton,” Taunton, East Taunton/Raynham Line, MA – Kevin Carr
January – “Otter Friend Saying Good Morning,” Middleborough, MA – Bart Devine
February – “Great Blue Heron has Lunch at Gate in-between the Lakes,” Lakeville/Middleborough Line, MA – Bud Morton
March – “Morning Snack,” Lakeville, MA – Michael Ojjeh
April – “Glossy Ibis,” Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area, Halifax, MA – Laura FitzGerald Kemmett
May – “Green Sweat Bee,” Assonet, MA – Carolyn DiFrancesco
June – “Boat Thru Brightman,” Fall River, MA – William Gibson
July – “Defiant Retreat,” Dighton, MA – David Ennis
August – “Photographer and Sandhill Cranes at Sunrise,” Burrage Pond WMA, Halifax, MA – Chuck Cowing
September – “Paddling Down the Taunton River,” Taunton, MA – William Orphanos
October – “Nature’s Reflection,” Carver’s Pond, Bridgewater, MA – Gina Guasconi
November – “Mrs. and Mr. Red Shouldered Hawk,” Wrentham, MA – Catherine Luce
December – “Walking Through A Snowy Landscape,” Picone Farm Conservation Area, Middleborough, MA – Shari Sprong
This year’s cover is “Picture Perfect on the Taunton,” shot by Kevin Carr. As a journalist and TRWA volunteer water quality monitor, Kevin experiences the story of the Taunton River on a daily basis walking along its banks. He says, “Rivers, like the Taunton River like the Taunton River, are indispensable to the ecosystem, providing the life force of clean water and a sustainable habitat for countless water and land animals. Photography raises public awareness through the beauty of the natural world.”
Discounted copies will be on sale for $15 at the TRWA’s Annual Meeting, Saturday, November 7th, from 4:00pm – 6:30pm at Bristol County Agricultural High School. After the Annual Meeting, copies will be $15 for members, $20 for non-members at our Sweets Knoll State Park office. Please email director@savethetaunton.org or call ahead for times when the office will be open. This year we are also offering online ordering and shipping! Order your copy soon as the number of copies at these prices is limited.
Calendars are always available print-on-demand through the link below. The print-on-demand calendars can be printed from any month in the year with or without the tide data from the Taunton River or any other of the 3,500 NOAA tide stations. People purchasing the calendar can even customize their calendar with their own photographs. Half the proceeds from the online $27.95 purchase price goes directly to the TRWA to support its ongoing mission protecting and restoring the Taunton River watershed, its tributaries, wetlands, floodplains, river corridors and wildlife.
Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to to all the photographers who submitted their work! A special thank you to volunteer Jennifer O’Keefe and Board Member Melissa Ramondetta for all their time and effort in coordinating this calendar contest!
Pre-order copies – $15 Members, $20 Non-members
**LIMITED SUPPLY** TRWA Online Shop
Print-on-demand – $27.95
